The pattern specification process that results in the subdivision of an axis or axes of the neural plate in space to define an area or volume in which specific patterns of cell differentiation will take place or in which cells interpret a specific environment.
neural tube patterning +
periodic partitioning +
petal epidermis patterning
proximal/distal pattern formation +
R8 cell-mediated photoreceptor organization
radial pattern formation +
regionalization involved in semicircular canal formation