Morphogenetic movements during axolotl neural tube formation tracked by digital imaging

Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 311-318

  Brodland, G Wayne ^a   Scott, Michael J ^b   MacLean, Andrew F ^a   Globus, M ^a   Vethamany Globus, S ^a   Gordon, R ^c   Veldhuis, Jim H ^a   Del Maestro, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Cell tracking; Image processing; Morphogenetic movements; Neurulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; COMPUTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VERTEBRATE; VIDEORECORDING;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030030012     PISSN: 0930035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00365809     Document Type: Article

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