Whole embryo culture: A "new" technique that enabled decades of mechanistic discoveries

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-312

  Ellis Hutchings, Robert G ^a   Carney, Edward W ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Ex vivo; In vitro; WEC; Whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; 6 AMINONICOTINAMIDE; AZATHIOPRINE; CADMIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMIC ACID; ISOTRETINOIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHANOL; METHOTREXATE; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHENYTOIN; THALIDOMIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VALPROIC ACID;

CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLITE; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENICITY; WHOLE EMBRYO CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RABBITS; TOXICOLOGY;

RODENTIA;

EID: 77955873327     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20263     Document Type: Review

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