Neural tube defects

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-242

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Folic acid; Genetics; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; OSTEOGENIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANENCEPHALUS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEURULATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904687978     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-062012-170354     Document Type: Review

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