References and links
Useful website
https://www.stayinginshape.com/3osfcorp/libv/k36.shtml
https://www.theodora.com/anatomy/index.html
https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/original/atlas/movies-neur.html
https://people.uncw.edu/ballardt/bio316/neurulation.pdf
Other sources
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Further reading
Chih-Ping C (2008). Syndromes, Disorders and Maternal Risk Factors Associated with Neural Tube Defects (IV). Taiwan journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 47, 141-150.
Gaulden J and Reiter JF (2008). Neur-ons and neur-offs: regulators of neural induction in vertebrate embryos and embryonic stem cells. Human Molecular Genetics 17 Review Issue 1, R60-R66.
Nishimura T and Takeichi M (2008). Shroom3-mediated recruitment of Rho Kinase to the apical cell junctions regulates epithelial and neuroepithelial planner remodelling. Development 135, 1493-1502.
Sanes DH, Reh TA, Harris WA (2006). Development of the Nervous System, 2nd edition. Academic Press.
Wilson L and Maden M (2005). The mechanisms of dorsoventral patterning in the vertebrate neural tube. Developmental Biology 282, 1-13.
Wolpert L, Jessell T, Lawrence P, Meyerowitz E, Robertson E, Smith J (2007). Principles of Development, 3rd edition. Oxford University Press.
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