Multi-scale finite element modeling allows the mechanics of amphibian neurulation to be elucidated

Physical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Xiaoguang ^a   Wayne Brodland, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GEOMETRY; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAMELLIPODIUM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL RIDGE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NEURULATION;

EID: 42449092017     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/5/1/015003     Document Type: Article

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