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1
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Gastrulation defines the ___, ___, and ___ axes of the nembryo

A

midline, anterior-posterior and dorsal-ventral

2
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the midline of the embryo is defined by the formation of the ____

A

notocord

3
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notocord is formation incudes the formation of the ____

A

neural ectoderm

4
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____ formationn is the ver y first event in neurogenesis

A

otochord formation

5
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___ are the neural rpecurosr cells, which turns into CNS

A

neural ectoderm

6
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if you treat ectoderm with ___ you get epidermis

A

bmp (a transforming growth factor beta)

7
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if you treat ectoderm with ___ you get NEUROECTODERM

A

noggin chordin (inhibit BMP)

8
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BMPs are made by the ____

A

surrounding tissue

9
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Factors that inhibit BMP signaling are produced by the ____ (

A

notochord

10
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___ signaling precedes BMP inhibition during neural induction

A

FGF

11
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what do noggin and chordin do?

A

block bmp (thus, inducing neural development)

12
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FGF stimulation increases production of ____

A

Noggin

13
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neural induction the lateral margins of the____ fold inward to form the \n\nneural tube

A

neural plate

14
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neural tube forms around day ___

A

20

15
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the____ pinches off when the NEURAL TUBE is formed

A

neural crest

16
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Neural tube closes from the middle both____ and ___

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anteriorly and posteriorly (like a zipper going in both directions)

17
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____ vitamins in the first few weeks of \n\npregnancy decrease neural tube closure defects.

A

B-complex (folic acid)

18
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Spina Bifida rate in US is much lower since ____

A

nutrition

19
Q

Spina Bifida is the failure of the ____ end of the neural tube to close

A

posterior

20
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Anencephaly and holoprosenchephaly (Represents failure of the ___ neural tube to close.

A

anterior

21
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Anencephaly and holoprosenchephaly lack ___

A

forebrain

22
Q

____ makes cells in one area different from cells in another area

A

patterning

23
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ventral patterning is realted to ___ function

A

motor

24
Q

ventral siganl is secreted ____

A

sonic hedgehog

25
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dorsal siganl is secreted ____

A

tgf betas

26
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sonic hedgehog eventually leads to differences in ____

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trnascription

27
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What produces dorsal ventral polarity?

A

high sonic hedgehog in notocord and roof plate

no sonic headhog in the roof plate

28
Q

roteins encoded by hox genes are powerful ____

A

transcriptional activators and repressors

29
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results from abscence of sonic hedgehog:

A
  1. The forebrain does not form
  2. dorsal ventral polarity is disrupted
30
Q

y dirsruptions in ____ also can cause cancers such as \n\nmedulloblastomas and basal cell carcinoma.

A

sonic hedgehog

31
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Shh not only regulates polarity but ___

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proliferation (disruptions in shh pathway can lead to different cancers)

32
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cyclopy can be caused by abseence of ___

A

sonic hedge hog

33
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when does anterior/posterior patterning occur? (relatively)

A

same time as neural induction and gastrulation (they all overlap)

34
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spinal cord is from ___ patterning

A

anterior/posterior

35
Q

rhomboencephalon is the future ___ and ___

A

pons and medulla

36
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mesencephalon is the future ___

A

midbrain

37
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diecepahlona nd telcephalon are part of the ____

A

prosencephalon

38
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difference between fly and human hox genes\n

A

in humans they identify a specific segment along the anterior/posterior axis

39
Q

Hox genes are involved in defining segmental differences in the ___, ___, and ___

A

spinal cord, \n\nmedulla and pons.

40
Q

anterior/posterior patterning is accomplished through ___ genes

A

hox

41
Q

there is no hox code for the ___ and ___

A

prosecenphalon and mesencephalon

42
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OTX2 knockouts show complete loss of ____ polarity.

A

anterior

43
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coordination of ___ and ___ regulates nervous system expansion

A

symmetrical and asymthetical proliferation

44
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____ is needed to organize distinct cell types into functional units

A

cell migration

45
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___ and ____s divide and differentiate in the ventricular zone

A

Neural stems cells and neural progenitor cell

46
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multipotent stem cell either ___ or ___

A

neuronal or glial precurosr cells

47
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___ increases the size of the ventricular zone, which in turn increases the size nof the brain.

A

symmetrical divisons

48
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pluripotrnt neural stem cells are capable of ____

A

self renewal

49
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As development proceeds NSCs begin to divide asymmetrically giving rise to

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one neural stem cell and one neuro precursor

50
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Late in development NSCs will again divide symmetrically but give rise to two

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neural pecursors (and therefore NSC disappear)

51
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number of NSCs, progenitors, neurons and glia needs to be tightly controlled as \n\ndoes the timing of their generatio by ___ and ___

A

notch and bhlh transcription factor

52
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notch ____ proneural gene

A

deactivates

53
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if you remove the inhibition of proneural gene by notch in the neural stem cell ____ is upregulated

A

delta

54
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what happens at low/moderate levels of Notch stimulation through Delta?

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, the intracellular domain of Notch is cleaved and goes to the nucleus to activate bHLH genes. (cell is eventually primed to diff into a neuron)

55
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bHLH activation also ___ Delta on neural stem cells cells.

A

upregulates

56
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Notch gets hyper-activated (by delta after it is upregulated)–>

A

shuts off proneuronal bHLH genes —-> keeping cell in pluripotent nsc state

57
Q

In this case astrogliogenesis differentiation from neural progenitors is ___ \n\ndependent

A

Notch

58
Q

astrogliogenesis differentiation from neural progenitors is inhbiited by ___

A

bhlh genes

59
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oligodendrocyte generation is induce

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by other factors (Oligs and Nkx 2.1) (factor other than nox)

60
Q

neurogenesis is finished by the \n\nmiddle of the ____ trimester.

A

second

61
Q

Timing of gliogensis happens mostly

A

after birth

62
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The basic shape of the brain is fully formed at birth and the vast majority of the \n\n____ are already generated.

A

neurons

63
Q

difference in brain after birth

A

dramatic increase in brain size, inc in myelin

64
Q

primary neurlaiton is complete within the ___ weeks

A

first 3

65
Q

most neurons in the cerebral cortex are produced between the ___ and ___ month of pregancy

A

first and 4th

66
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f ectodermal pecursor cells are isolated and grown in a dish, they become ____

A

neurons (since there is no BMP present)

67
Q

Stimulation of____ factors induce neural stem cell formation.

A

retinoic acid (RA), fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF

68
Q

what process are hox genes involved in?

A

posterior processing

69
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how do hox genes create unique patterns of gene expression?

A

through repressing and enhancing each other

70
Q

___ promotes astrogliogensis

A

notch

71
Q

___ promotes oligodenrodensis

A

Olig1/2, Nkx 2.1

72
Q

___ inhibits Oligodendrogenesis

A

BHLH

73
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___ inhbiits Astrogliogenesis:

A

BHLH