Anencephaly occurs when an infant is born without parts of their brain and skull. It is a severe congenital anomaly, which means that a baby develops anencephaly in the womb. Anencephaly is a ...

A miracle to say the least. Lucas was diagnosed with exencephaly during his mother's 10-week ultrasound, meaning that Lucas' brain was developing outside of his skull, being exposed to amniotic fluid.

Three mouse embryos, representative of the study, that describes how the teratogenic drug Valproic acid can cause neurodevelopmental birth defects in mice, including microcephaly and exencephaly.

This puts them at higher risk of having children born with birth defects of the brain and spinal cord, most commonly spina bifida and anencephaly. Folic acid, or synthetic folate, promotes healthy ...

Polytomous logistic regression as a tool for exploring heterogeneity across birth defect subtypes: an example using anencephaly and spina bifida. An update to the list of mouse mutants with neural ...