video: This is an annotated video of mouse neural tube closure. Animal studies are playing a larger role in understanding and treating human neural tube defects in utero and in newborns. This video relates to a Review that appeared in the March 1, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The article, by John B. Wallingford at Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Austin, Texas, and colleagues was titled, “The Continuing Challenge of Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Neural Tube Defects.” view more
Credit: [Video courtesy of Colby Fees]