Three-dimensional micro-MRI analysis of cerebral artery development in mouse embryos

Cesar A Berrios-Otero1, Youssef Zaim Wadghiri, Brian J Nieman

  • 1Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.

Summary

Researchers developed a new contrast-enhanced micro-MRI technique to analyze mouse embryonic cerebral arteries. This method reveals consistent arterial patterns and identifies novel vascular defects in Gli2 mutant embryos.

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