Initial closure of the mesencephalic neural groove in the chick embryo involves a releasing zipping-up mechanism

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-341

  Van Straaten, Henny W M ^a   Peeters, Marian C E ^a   Szpak, Karin F W ^a   Hekking, Johan W M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chick; Embryo; Mesencephalic closure; Morphology; Neurulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESENCEPHALON; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CHICK EMBRYO; MESENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030833865     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199708)209:4<333::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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