developmentally induced by immediate transformation of notochord neural plate Wikipedia:Neural_plate presumptive central nervous system RETIRED_EHDAA2:0001252 EMAPA:35593 AAO:0011072 ZFA:0000132 TAO:0000132 VHOG:0000068 DMBA:15565 lamina neuralis neuronames:1362 NCIT:C34225 EHDAA:902 EHDAA:346 XAO:0000249 FMA:293879 BTO:0001765 DHBA:10153 A region of embryonic ectodermal cells that lie directly above the notochord. During neurulation, they change shape and produce an infolding of the neural plate (the neural fold) that then seals to form the neural tube[XAO]. The earliest recognizable dorsal ectodermal primordium of the central nervous system present near the end of gastrulation before infolding to form the neural keel; consists of a thickened pseudostratified epithelium[ZFA]. embryonic tissue presumptive neural plate ecto-epithelium future central nervous system