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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Bioessays. 2009 Apr;31(4):446–458. doi: 10.1002/bies.200800207

Figure 2. The embryonic brain ventricular system.

Figure 2

A. Schematic of vertebrate embryonic brain development. Shown are lateral views of the neural tube as it undergoes early embryonic brain morphogenesis to form the primary brain vesicles.

B. Conservation of embryonic brain ventricle structure. Tracings of embryonic brain ventricles at similar corresponding stages in development, all lateral views. Human embryo brain ventricles, stage 17 (approximately 43 days post fertilization), traced from the Carnegie Embryological Collection. Rat embryo brain ventricles, stage E14 (14 days post fertilization), traced from (130); Chick embryo brain ventricles, stage 16 (approximately 2.5 days post fertilization), traced from (131); Zebrafish embryo brain ventricles, 24 hours post fertilization.

C. Comparison of early embryonic and adult brain ventricles. Colors correspond to the same ventricle regions in the embryo and adult.

Not to scale. F: forebrain (telencephalon plus diencephalon), M: midbrain (mesencephalon), H: hindbrain (rhombencephalon), MHBC: midbrain hindbrain boundary constriction, LV: lateral ventricle, 3V: third ventricle, 4V: fourth ventricle.

In part A, F M H refer to brain vesicles. In parts B and C, F M H refer to ventricles.