Neurulation in the rabbit embryo

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-175

  Peeters, Marian C E ^a   Viebahn, Christoph ^b   Hekking, Johan W M ^a   Van Straaten, Henny W M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Closure rate; Multiple site closure; Neurulation; Posterior neuropore; Rabbit embryo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOMETRICS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031891351     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050128     Document Type: Article

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