neural crest

an embryonic structure consisting of a ridgelike area of ectodermal tissue on either side of the neural tube that develops into the spinal ganglia and various structures within the sympathetic and peripheral nervous systems.

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February 1st 2025

Nothnagel’s acroparesthesia

see acroparesthesia. [Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (1841–1905), German neurologist]