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Neurulation in the cranial region--normal and abnormal.
Journal of anatomy - 1 Nov 2005
Copp Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Cranial neurulation is the embryonic process responsible for formation of the brain primordium. In the mouse embryo, cranial neurulation is a piecemeal process with several initiation sites and two neuropores. Variation in the pattern of cranial neurulation occurs in different mouse strains, and a simpler version of this morphogenetic scheme has been described in human embryos. Exencephaly is more common in...
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