New study by researchers of the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Cyprus examines the morphogenetic processes shaping the central nervous system during verterbrate embryogenesis.

New study by researchers of the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Cyprus examines the morphogenetic processes shaping the central nervous system during verterbrate embryogenesis.

The study was published in Development and focuses on neural tube morphogenesis. Neural tube morphogenesis is responsible for the formation of the central nervous system (spinal cord and brain) in vertebrates and defects in neural tube morphogenesis leads to neural tube defects which are one of the most common human birth defects.  Christodoulou and Skourides using cutting edge microscopy techniques and image analysing reveal the spatiotemporal contribution of district morphogenetic processes during neural tube morphogenesis and the impact of mechanical interaction between the neuroepithelium and the epidermis on central nervous system formation.

Read the full article at Development: https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.200358