Term Name: neural plate
Synonyms: lamina neuralis, presumptive central nervous system
Definition: 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]
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0003075]

Relationships
develops into: neural crest neural keel
has parts: chordal neural plate midbrain hindbrain boundary neural plate neural groove neural plate proneural cluster pre-chordal neural plate
is a type of: ecto-epithelium embryonic tissue epithelium future central nervous system
has subtype: forebrain neural plate hindbrain neural plate midbrain neural plate spinal cord neural plate
disjoint_from: neural plate of carapace
immediate_transformation_of: presumptive neural plate