For three-quarters of a century, developmental biologists have been asking how the nervous system is specified as distinct from the rest of the ectoderm during early development, and how it becomes ...

Early in differentiation, all neural cells have a rostral character. Only later do posteriorly positioned neural cells acquire characteristics of caudal forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain cells.

Your baby’s brain is one of the first major organs to start developing. Learn more about fetal brain development and what ...