nervous system
• marked broadening and flattening of the neural plate ventral midline at E8.5
• fail to develop a sharp midline bending at E8.5
|
• failure to initiate neural tube closure at the cervical/hindbrain boundry
• neural tube is open throughout the hindbrain and spinal region
|
embryo
N |
• more anterior neural fold development is more like controls
|
• marked broadening and flattening of the neural plate ventral midline at E8.5
• fail to develop a sharp midline bending at E8.5
|
• failure to initiate neural tube closure at the cervical/hindbrain boundry
• neural tube is open throughout the hindbrain and spinal region
|
• enlarged
• loosely organized
|
• poorly condensed
|
• irregularly shaped
|
skeleton
• sternal defects
|
rib fusion
(
J:47700
)
• multiple rib fusions
|
• neural arches are unfused dorsally
• unfused arches are splayed apart
|
Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
neural tube defect | DOID:0080074 |
OMIM:301410 OMIM:601634 |
J:47700 |