Neurulation in Xenopus laevis. An analysis and model based upon light and electron microscopy
Open Access
- 1 April 1970
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Development
- Vol. 23 (2) , 427-462
- https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.23.2.427
Abstract
It is a matter of general knowledge that neurulation, as it occurs in most chordate embryos, proceeds by longitudinal in-folding of the neural plate. Lovtrup (1965) ably described such morphogenetic movements as they occur in several neurulating amphibians. The mechanical causes of these movements are not clearly understood, however. In his review of the prominent theories of neurulation, Curtis (1967) points to their various inadequacies and concludes that ‘possibly the solution of this problem is to search for contractile movements in the cells involved in neurulation’ (p. 310).Keywords
This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
- An ultrastructural study of lens invagination in the mouseJournal of Experimental Zoology, 1969
- Analysis of morphogenetic movements in the neural plate of the newt Taricha torosaDevelopmental Biology, 1968
- Cytokinesis: Filaments in the cleavage furrowExperimental Cell Research, 1968
- Ultrastructural studies of early morphogenesis and cytodifferentiation in the embryonic mammalian pancreasDevelopmental Biology, 1968
- Cytoplasmic filaments and morphogenetic movement in the amphibian neural tubeDevelopmental Biology, 1967
- A note on the mechanisms of cell deformation in the neural folds of the amphibiaExperimental Cell Research, 1966
- Cytoplasmic Microtubules and Their FunctionsPublished by Wiley ,1966
- An electronmicroscopic study of developing amphibian ectodermWilhelm Roux' Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen, 1957
- Mechanics of invaginationThe Anatomical Record, 1947
- Die Dynamik des MedullarrohrschlussesWilhelm Roux' Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen, 1929