Definition of "neuroepithelium" [neuroepithelium]

• The part of an embryo that develops into the nervous system (noun)
• The epithelium associated with sensory organs such as the eye or nose (noun)

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• "(PhysOrg. com) -- Normal vertebrate brain ventricle formation relies upon the stretchiness or "relaxation" of the neuroepithelium, which is regulated by the motor protein myosin."
• "Gutzman and Sive conclude that the neuroepithelium must relax, through reduction of myosin activity, for the hindbrain ventricle to reach its normal working volume."
• ""The neuroepithelium is really complicated," says Gutzman, who relied on sophisticated imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction techniques to observe brain individual cells in the living embryo."