Development of the nervous system
THE PROCESS WHOSE SPECIFIC OUTCOME IS THE PROGRESSION OF NERVOUS TISSUE OVER TIME, FROM ITS FORMATION TO ITS MATURE STATE
Brain development; Mental development; Developmental neuroscience; Developmental Neuroscience; Development of nervous system; Neural migration; Neuron migration; Neuronal migration; Neurodevelopmental; Developmental neurobiology; Neuronal maturation; Neural induction; Primary induction; Embryonic nervous system; Embryonic nervous systems; Neural development; Embryology of the nervous system; Axophilic migration; Neural Development; Neuronal development; Multipolar migration
The development of the nervous system, or neural development (neurodevelopment), refers to the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system of animals, from the earliest stages of embryonic development to adulthood. The field of neural development draws on both neuroscience and developmental biology to describe and provide insight into the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which complex nervous systems develop, from nematodes and fruit flies to mammals.