roof plate

alar plate

A single row of glia at the dorsal midline of the developing neural tube along the entire anterior-posterior axis. This region provides inductive signals for the specification of neuronal cell types and of the specification of neural crest cells. The cells comprising the roof plate are the precursors to radial glial cells.

Type Organ
Structure parente cell layer
Nom latin alar plate

Sous-structures

rhombomere roof plate Organ

Questions fréquentes

What is the roof plate?
A single row of glia at the dorsal midline of the developing neural tube along the entire anterior-posterior axis. This region provides inductive signals for the specification of neuronal cell types and of the specification of neural crest cells. The cells comprising the roof plate are the precursor
What is the Latin name for the roof plate?
The Latin name for the roof plate is alar plate.

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Data sources: Terminologia Anatomica, Foundational Model of Anatomy, Wikidata.