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==Welcome to Brain Development==
==Welcome to Brain Development==
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| '''In today's demonstration we will be looking at how the brain develops from a simple tube into the complex folded structure that you will be seeing (and using) today.'''
| '''In today's demonstration we will be looking at how the brain develops from a simple tube into the complex folded structure that you will be seeing (and using) today.'''


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--[[User:Z8600021|Mark Hill]] 11:36, 15 February 2013 (EST) Current [[K12 Brain Awareness Week]] Page.
==Here is Human Development==
==Here is Human Development==


[[File:Human_development_timeline_graph_02.jpg]]
[[File:Human_development_timeline_graph_02.jpg]]


This graph shows how we divide human development into different times. Key events occur in the first trimester (embryonic), though the neural system continues to develop through the second and third trimester (fetal) and even after birth (postnatal). This is why it one reason why it is so susceptible to damage.
This graph shows how we divide human development into different times. Key events occur in the first trimester (embryonic). The neural system continues to develop through the second and third trimester (fetal) and even after birth (postnatal). This long complex development makes it more easy to damage.


==Week 3 - It begins as a '''Plate'''==
==Week 3 - It begins as a '''Plate'''==
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The human embryo is now 4 weeks old and sits on top of a big yolk sac.
The human embryo is now 4 weeks old and sits on top of a big yolk sac.
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[[File:Stage11_sem13c.jpg|400px]] [[File:Stage12_sem1.jpg|300px]]
[[File:Stage11_sem13c.jpg|250px]] [[File:Stage12_sem1.jpg|250px]]
 
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[[File:Stage15_embryo_and_brain_01.jpg|400px]] [[File:Stage11_sem100.jpg|300px]]
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| '''Week 4''' - what the neural tube looks like when cut across.
| '''Week 5''' - what the neural tube looks like within the embryo.
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==Week 6 to 8 - The brain end of the tube forms '''3 Vesicles'''==
==Week 6 to 8 - The brain end of the tube forms '''3 Vesicles'''==
===Brain===
===Brain===
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| At the brain end - the tube expands to form three vesicles (sac or bubble) these are described as foe, mid and hindbrain. Each will form different parts of the brain and brain stem as shown below. Many of these you will not have heard of before except for the Cerebrum also called the Cortex.
| At the brain end - the tube expands to form '''three vesicles''' (expansions, sacs or bubbles) these are described as fore-, mid- and hind-brain. Each vesicle will form different parts of the brain. Many of these parts you will not have heard of before, except the outer brain surface the Cerebrum or Cortex.


# '''Forebrain''' or Prosencephalon - Telencephalon ('''Cerebrum or Cortex''', Amygdala, Hippocampus, Basal Ganglia) and Diencephalon (Epithalamus, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Subthalamus, Pituitary, Pineal)
# '''Forebrain''' or Prosencephalon - Telencephalon ('''Cerebrum or Cortex''', Amygdala, Hippocampus, Basal Ganglia) and Diencephalon (Epithalamus, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Subthalamus, Pituitary, Pineal)
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|'''Week 8'''  the wall of the neural tube at the brain end.
|'''Week 8'''  - the wall of the neural tube at the brain end.


The "white matter" (thin outer layer, cortical plate) will eventually form the adult brain '''cortex'''.  
The "white matter" (thin outer layer, cortical plate) will eventually form the adult brain '''cortex'''.  
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==Here is how the human nervous system grows==
==Here is how the human nervous system grows==


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| valign="bottom"|{{Neural plate movie}}
| valign="bottom"|{{Neural Tube Closure 1 movie}}
| valign="bottom"|{{Neural tube movie}}
| valign="bottom"|{{Neural stage 13 movie}}
| valign="bottom"|{{Stage_17_Embryo_movie}}
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| '''Week 3'''
| '''Week 4'''
| '''Week 4 to 5'''
| '''Week 5'''
| '''Week 6'''
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| [[File:Neuralplate_001 icon.jpg|120px|link=Quicktime Development Animation - Neural Plate]]
| valign="bottom"|{{Neural stage 22 movie}}
| [[File:Neuraltube_001 icon.jpg|120px|link=Quicktime Development Animation - Neural Tube]]
| valign="bottom"|{{Sylvian fissure movie}}
| [[File:Stage13-CNS-icon.jpg|120px|link=Quicktime Movie_-_Central_Nervous_System_3D_stage_13]]
| [[File:Human_embryo_tomography_Carnegie_stage_17.jpg|90px|link=Quicktime_Movie_-_Carnegie_Stage_17_Neural]]
| [[File:Stage22-CNS-icon.jpg|120px|link=Quicktime Movie_-_Central_Nervous_System_3D_stage_22]]
| [[File:Brain_fissure_development_03.jpg|90px|link=Quicktime Movie - Neural Sylvian Fissure‎‎]]
| [[File:Adult human brain movie icon.jpg|120px|link=Quicktime_Movie_-_Adult_Brain]]
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| Week 3
| Week 4 to 5
| Week 5
| Week 6
| Week 8
| Week 13 to 21
| Adult Human
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| [[Quicktime Development Animation - Neural Plate|Neural Plate]]
| [[Quicktime Development Animation - Neural Tube|Neural Tube]]
| [[Quicktime Movie_-_Central_Nervous_System_3D_stage_13|Simple Tube]]
| [[Quicktime_Movie_-_Carnegie_Stage_17_Neural|Folded Tube]]
| [[Quicktime Movie_-_Central_Nervous_System_3D_stage_22|Central Nervous]]
| [[Quicktime Movie - Neural Sylvian Fissure‎‎|Fetal Brain]]
| [[Quicktime_Movie_-_Adult_Brain|Brain Slices]]
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| '''Week 8'''
| '''Week 13 to 21'''
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===Here is a developing mouse nervous system===
===Here is a developing mouse nervous system===
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Latest revision as of 08:03, 12 March 2013

Welcome to Brain Development

Adult brain animation 01.gif In today's demonstration we will be looking at how the brain develops from a simple tube into the complex folded structure that you will be seeing (and using) today.


This animation shows a real human adult brain being "sliced", the cortex (grey matter) is on the outside.


This page has been prepared as a simplified introduction to human neural development.

The second part of the demonstration will cover comparative anatomy of the brain.


What is BAW?

--Mark Hill 11:36, 15 February 2013 (EST) Current K12 Brain Awareness Week Page.

Here is Human Development

Human development timeline graph 02.jpg

This graph shows how we divide human development into different times. Key events occur in the first trimester (embryonic). The neural system continues to develop through the second and third trimester (fetal) and even after birth (postnatal). This long complex development makes it more easy to damage.

Week 3 - It begins as a Plate

<mediaplayer width='316' height='500' image="http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/images/a/a6/Neuralplate_001_icon.jpg">File:Neuralplate_001.mp4</mediaplayer>

Quicktime


This embryo is the whole human embryo at just 3 weeks after fertilisation.

  • the entire nervous system will form from the flat region shown in blue.
    • this is called the NEURAL PLATE.


  • the broad blue region at the top will form the brain.



  • the narrow blue region at the bottom will form the spinal cord.
Stage8 SEM1.jpg

This human embryo in week 3 is about 1-1.5 mm long and is viewed from the back, head end to the top. Almost all you see is the neural plate.

Week 4 - That folds to a Tube

<mediaplayer width='480' height='480' image="http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/images/6/6a/Neuraltube_001_icon.jpg">File:Neuraltube_001.mp4</mediaplayer>

The human embryo is now 4 weeks old and sits on top of a big yolk sac.

  • the neural plate is shown on the embryo back.
  • the plate now folds to form a hollow NEURAL TUBE
Stage10 sem6.jpg

The same view at week 4, the embryo is now 2 - 3.5 mm long. The neural plate can be seen folding down the middle of the back, beginning to form the neural tube.

The tube then Closes at each End

These images show the neural tube closing leaving an opening (neuropore) at each end.

Stage10 sem10.jpg Folatefruit.jpg
Why are these important?


Stage11 sem13c.jpg Stage12 sem1.jpg

Stage11 sem100.jpg Stage15 embryo and brain 01.jpg
Week 4 - what the neural tube looks like when cut across. Week 5 - what the neural tube looks like within the embryo.

Week 6 to 8 - The brain end of the tube forms 3 Vesicles

Brain

At the brain end - the tube expands to form three vesicles (expansions, sacs or bubbles) these are described as fore-, mid- and hind-brain. Each vesicle will form different parts of the brain. Many of these parts you will not have heard of before, except the outer brain surface the Cerebrum or Cortex.
  1. Forebrain or Prosencephalon - Telencephalon (Cerebrum or Cortex, Amygdala, Hippocampus, Basal Ganglia) and Diencephalon (Epithalamus, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Subthalamus, Pituitary, Pineal)
  2. Midbrain or Mesencephalon - Tectum
  3. Hindbrain or Rhombencephalon - Cerebellum, Brainstem (Pons, Medulla)
CNS primary vesicles.jpg
<mediaplayer width='520' height='540' image="http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/images/1/11/Human_embryo_tomography_Carnegie_stage_17.jpg">File:Human embryo tomography Carnegie stage 17.mp4</mediaplayer>

Human embryo tomography Carnegie stage 17.jpg

Week 6 - the brain and spinal cord of the human embryo.

Also visible are the heart (bright white) and placental cord containing placental blood vessels.

Week 6 Carnegie stage 17

Stage16 embryo and brain 01.jpg Stage22 embryo and brain 01.jpg


Stage 22 image 217.jpg Week 8 - the wall of the neural tube at the brain end.

The "white matter" (thin outer layer, cortical plate) will eventually form the adult brain cortex.

The other labeled layers are part of the development process and will eventually be mainly lost.

The ventricle is the fluid-filled space within the neural tube and also later the brain. The smaller images (top right) show the level from the embryo.

Spinal Cord

At the spinal cord end - the tube stays narrow. This region begins to put out motor nerves to innervate muscle and sensory nerves grow towards the developing spinal cord.

Stage22 vertebra and spinal cord 1.jpg Week 8 wall of the neural tube at the spinal cord end.

Spinal cord lies behind the vertebral body.

The "grey matter" is on the inside of the spinal cord and the outside of the brain.

The "grey matter" (dark central region) is where the neurons (cell bodies) are located, the "white matter" (pale outer region) is where nerve pathways run (axons).

The sensory neurons lie outside the spinal cord in the dorsal root ganglia.

Second Trimester - Fetal brain Grows in Size

Brain ventricles and ganglia development 03.jpg

This Scan of the living brain, shows the growth that occurs during the second trimester (red bar top right is 1 cm).
  • The left and right halves of the brain (hemispheres) can be clearly seen.
  • As the brain grows a large groove (fissure) also appears in the side surface (Sylvian fissure).
  • The fluid space (purple) is filled with cerebrospinal fluid or CSF.

Third Trimester - Fetal brain Grows in Surface Area

Dev anat 01.jpg

The brain goes from a smooth surface to begin to fold or "wrinkle".

  • These folds are due to the millions of cells being pushed into the cortex, increasing the surface area.
  • A groove is called a fissure (plural, fissures).
  • A fold is called a gyrus (plural, gyri).

Salt shaker.jpg

Why do we need this?

Week 40 on - Newborn brain Grows

Motor Development Milestones

The brain has not finished growing at birth.

Growth you can see!

Much of the growth in size after birth is due to "white matter" development, the support cells of the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

The skeleton containers of the nervous system, the skull (brain) and vertebral arch (spinal cord), are still flexible and can expand as the nervous system grows in size.


There is also growth you cannot see!

At the level of cells (neurons), the brain and spinal cord are continuing to make and break connections as the nervous system is remodelled with learning.

Here is how the human nervous system grows

Neuralplate 001 icon.jpg
 ‎‎Neural Plate
Page | Play
Mouse neural tube 01 movie icon.jpg
 ‎‎Neural Tube Close
Page | Play
Neuraltube 001 icon.jpg
 ‎‎Neural Tube
Page | Play
Stage13-CNS-icon.jpg
 ‎‎Stage 13 Neural
Page | Play
Human embryo tomography Carnegie stage 17.jpg
 ‎‎Stage 17 Embryo
Page | Play
Week 3 Week 4 Week 4 to 5 Week 5 Week 6
Stage22-CNS-icon.jpg
 ‎‎Stage 22 Neural
Page | Play
Brain fissure development 03.jpg
 ‎‎Sylvian Fissure
Page | Play
Week 8 Week 13 to 21


Here is a developing mouse nervous system

<mediaplayer width='340' height='400' image="http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/images/3/34/Mouse_CT_E11.5_movie-icon.jpg">File:Mouse CT E11.5.mp4</mediaplayer>

This movie shows a 11.5 days old mouse brain.

(Mouse development takes 21 days and is a model used in research)


Red - brain



Blue - heart



Brown - liver


Mouse CT E11.5 movie-icon.jpg

Comparative Brain Anatomy

Frog and Dog Brain

In today's demonstration you will also see some models of brains from different species. Each coloured part on the brain models shows a different brain region each with a different function. Each brain region is the same colour (code) in all models.

  1. Do not worry about the names of all the different structures.
  2. Can you see the same coloured structures in all the brains?
  3. Are the same coloured structures the same shape and size in all brains?


(Link to Detailed Information, not part of demonstration)

About Brain Awareness Week

BAW icon 2012.jpg BAW - Brain Awareness Week is an inspirational global campaign that unites those who share an interest in elevating public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain and nervous system research.



More? Society for Neuroscience


More K12 Development Topics

K12 Links: Start Here | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 to 8 | Arms and Legs | Heart | Fetus | Brain Growth | Eyes and Ears | Animal Development Times | Humans and Animal Embryology | Comparative Embryology | Thalidomide


More Detailed Neural Development

Neural Links: ectoderm | neural | neural crest | ventricular | sensory | Stage 22 | gliogenesis | neural fetal | Medicine Lecture - Neural | Lecture - Ectoderm | Lecture - Neural Crest | Lab - Early Neural | neural abnormalities | folic acid | iodine deficiency | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | neural postnatal | neural examination | Histology | Historic Neural | Category:Neural

Glossary Links

Glossary: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Numbers | Symbols | Term Link

Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, March 28) Embryology Brain Awareness Week 2012. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Brain_Awareness_Week_2012

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