Morphogenetic movements during cranial neural tube closure in the chick embryo and the effect of homocysteine

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Brouns, Madeleine R ^a   Afman, Lydia A ^b   VanHauten, Bart A M ^a   Hekking, Johan W M ^a   Köhler, Eleonore S ^a   Van Straaten, Henny W M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell movements; Chick; Homocysteine; Neuropores; Neurulation

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; IN VITRO STUDY; INVAGINATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMITE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLATION; MICROFILAMENTS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SKULL;

EID: 26944488294     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-005-0005-9     Document Type: Article

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