The process in which the neural tube is regionalized in the dorsoventral axis. [ GOC:cls http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000021 GOC:dgh GOC:jid http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11262869 GOC:dph ]
Synonyms: dorsal-ventral neural tube patterning dorsoventral neural tube patterning