Maldevelopment of the cerebral cortex in the surgically induced model of myelomeningocele: Implications for fetal neurosurgery

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 713-722

  Encinas, Jose L ^a   García Cabezas, Miguel Ángel ^a   Barkovich, James ^b   Fontecha, César G ^c   Peiró, Jose L ^c   Soto, Garriboli M Carmen ^a   Borrell, Victor ^d   Reillo, Isabel ^d   López Santamaría, Manuel ^a   Tovar, Juan A ^a   Farmer, Diana L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortex; Fetal surgery; Folding; Myelomeningocele; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

EID: 79954493103     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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