Concanavalin-A-induced open neural tube defects in chick embryos

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 691-697

  Inagaki, Takayuki ^a,b   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a,c   Higbee, Russell G ^a,d   Mclone, David G ^a   Knepper, Paul A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chick embryo; closure defect; concanavalin A; neural tube defect

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; LECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029985095     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.691     Document Type: Article

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