Effects of folic acid and homocysteine on spinal cord morphology of the chicken embryo

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Kobus, Karoline ^a   Nazari, Evelise Maria ^a   Müller, Yara Maria Rauh ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell adhesion; Cell proliferation; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Spinal cord development

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MESENCHYME CELL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 72849113365     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-009-0630-0     Document Type: Article

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