Development of the vertebrate central nervous system: Formation of the neural tube

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-311

  Greene, Nicholas D E ^a   Copp, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Embryology; Hinge points; Neural tube defects; Neurulation; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANENCEPHALUS; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRANIORACHISCHISIS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINA BIFIDA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURAL PLATE; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEURULATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64849104728     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2206     Document Type: Review

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