Neural tissue continues its maturation at the site of neural tube closure defects: Implications for prenatal intervention in human samples

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 313-320

  Selçuki, Mehmet ^a   Vatansever, Seda ^a   Inan, Sevinç ^a   Sanci, Muzaffer ^b   Sayhan, Sevil ^b   Baǧdatoǧlu, Celal ^c  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Social Insurance Institution   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Class III beta tubulin; Embryological development; Extracellular matrix molecules; NTD

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ABORTION; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE GROWTH; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANTIGENS, CD29; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA2BETA1; INTEGRIN ALPHA3; NERVE TISSUE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 2942737475     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0950-2     Document Type: Article

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