Use of high-frequency ultrasound to study the prenatal development of cranial neural tube defects and hydrocephalus in Gldc-deficient mice.
Maria C AutuoriYun J PaiDaniel J StuckeyDawn SaveryAnna Maria MarconiValentina MassaMark F LythgoeAndrew J CoppAnna Louise DavidNicholas D E GreenePublished in: Prenatal diagnosis (2017)
Exencephaly and ventriculomegaly were detectable by HFUS in homozygous Gldc-deficient mouse embryos indicating this to be an effective tool to study CNS development. Longitudinal analysis of the same embryo allowed the prenatal onset and progression of ventricle enlargement in Gldc-deficient mice to be determined. © 2017 The Authors. Prenatal Diagnosis published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.