The development of vertebrates from the zygote follows a specific sequence of events: (i) division of the zygote into undifferentiated blastula cells, (ii) formation of three progenitor cell layers in ...

Neural tube formation was compromised in frog embryos treated with the widely-used antiepileptic drug valproic acid and led to defects. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Scientists have developed a mouse model that could be a promising model system for research into factors affecting mammalian embryonic development and disease. The National Institute of Health (NIH) ...

Neural tube defects arise when the neural tube does not close completely by the 29th day after conception. Neural tube defects refer to structural defects of the nervous system during the ...

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of neural tube defects, a problem commonly found in infants of pregnant women with diabetes. This is the first time the gene ...

In the human embryo, the neural tube forms between the 22nd and 26th day of pregnancy. Later, the brain and spinal cord will develop from this tube. The neural tube forms when an elongated flat tissue ...

Last year, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, identified the early origins of neural crest cells -- embryonic cells in vertebrates that travel throughout the body and generate ...

Neural tube defects are one of the most severe birth defects that affect the nervous system. Read to know more about this congenital disease. Neural tube defects are abnormalities of the brain, spinal ...

Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect, according to a new analysis. Vegans and ...

Birth defects, that is anomalies that are present at the birth of the baby, can be structural, functional or metabolic; they can be detected during pregnancy or at birth; they can cause physical or ...