Development of the Brain in Vertebrates | Ectodermal Organs | Embryology

We will first trace the features manifest in the development of the brain in all vertebrates and then point out some of the peculiarities found in higher vertebrates, especially in mammals and in man. The anterior brain vesicle, the prosencephalon, gives rise at its anterior end to the telencephalon. The latter produces in an early stage two bulges directed anterolaterally [...]