Cephalization of the Neurotube

• Cephalization of the Neurotube

• Nuclear column plan remains up to diencephalon but adds:
• “Gill Arch” components and “special senses”.
• Centers for “Supraspinal Control”
• Cortical, basal ganglial, cerebellar cortex and brainstem centers
• Pathways
• Ascending and descending
• to and from subcortical nuclei