[strip of specialized ectoderm flanking each side of the embryonal neural plate, which after the closure of the neural tube, forms a column of isolated cells along the dorsal aspect of the neural tube; most of the cranial and all of the spinal sensory ganglion cells arise by differentiation of neural crest cells. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C0027789 Relation/PAR: ectoderm