Movie shows neural crest cell migration in the living embryo.
In this developing chick embryo, neural crest cells have been fluorescently labelled and then tracked by fluorescent microscopy over time.
Also see reference below and additional movies.
Quicktime movie: ba2qt2.mov (391 Kb) in new window.
1. Paul M. Kulesa and Scott E. Fraser In ovo time-lapse analysis of chick hindbrain neural crest cell migration shows cell interactions during migration to the branchial arches. Development Vol 127/06 (2000)
2. UNSW Embryology Neural Crest Notes are a series of notes describing the development of neural crest and the many cell types it forms.
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This wonderful research movie allows the tracking of labelled neural crest cells in the living developing chicken embryo. These types of studies show the value of animal (chicken) models of development, it would be very difficult to do a similar study in a mammal (placental animal) as access to teh embryo is very difficult.
Neural crest cells arise initially at the edge of the neural plate and distribute (migrate) throughout the embryo, differentiating into many different cell types in the embryo.
This specific movie shows neural crest migration in the head region, where it contributes to many head structures. For more information see Neural Crest Notes.
UNSW Embryology has many movies to show some of the dynamic changes that occur during embryonic development. These have been grouped together on separate pages (listed in righthand menu) that can be also be opened from a pull down menu on each page.
Internet users note that some of these movies are large and will take some time to download depending on your connection speed.
There also an about movies page which has technical details and terms listed.
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