The prechordal plate, the rostral end of the notochord and nearby median features in staged human embryos

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Muller F ^a   O'Rahilly, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Embryo, human; Holoprosencephaly; Notochordal bifurcation; Notochordal precursors; Prechordal plate

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FOREBRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROMERE; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NOTOCHORD; ORGANOGENESIS; PROSENCEPHALON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CYCLOPIA; TENTORIUM;

EID: 0037265498     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068214     Document Type: Article

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