A transmission and scanning electron microsope study of primary neural induction.
Normal primary neural induction has been further studied by TEM and SEM. A single mesoderm cell is usually in contact with several ectoderm cells. The mesoderm cells are also contacting other mesoderm cells. It is suggested that ectoderm cells are induced in groups and that induction is synchronized by these contacts. At the points of contact between mesoderm and ectoderm cells cytoplasmic changes are present in the induced tissue.
D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004627:Embryonic Induction; D005855:Germ Layers / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009420:Nervous System / Q000196:embryology*; D013997:Time Factors