1. Neural development refers to the processes that generate and shape the nervous system from early embryogenesis through adulthood. The brain develops from the anterior end of the neural tube.
2. Several congenital brain anomalies can occur including hydrocephalus, holoprosencephaly, cerebellar hypoplasia, cerebellar abiotrophy, Arnold-Chiari malformation, exencephaly, microcephaly, hydranencephaly, dicephalic anomalies, and meningocele/lipomeningocele.
3. Hydrocephalus, holoprosencephaly, cerebellar hypoplasia, and hydranencephaly are some of the more commonly reported congen