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Micro-magnetic resonance imaging study of live quail embryos during embryonic development.


ABSTRACT: Eggs containing live Japanese quail embryos were imaged using micro-magnetic resonance imaging (?MRI) at 24-h intervals from Day 0 to 8, the period during which the main body axis is being laid down and organogenesis is taking place. Considerable detail of non-embryonic structures such as the latebra was revealed at early stages but the embryo could only be visualized around Day 3. Three-dimensional (3D) changes in embryo length and volume were quantified and also changes in volume in the extra- and non-embryonic components. The embryo increased in length by 43% and nearly trebled in volume between Day 4 and Day 5. Although the amount of yolk remained fairly constant over the first 5 days, the amount of albumen decreases significantly and was replaced by extra-embryonic fluid (EEF). ¹H longitudinal (T?) and transverse (T?) relaxation times of different regions within the eggs were determined over the first 6 days of development. The T? measurements mirrored the changes in image intensity observed, which can be related to the aqueous protein concentrations. In addition, a comparison of the development of Day 0 to 3 quail embryos exposed to radiofrequency (rf) pulses, 7 T static magnetic fields and magnetic field gradients for an average of 7 h with the development of control embryos did not reveal any gross changes, thus confirming that ?MRI is a suitable tool for following the development of live avian embryos over time from the earliest stages.

SUBMITTER: Duce S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3006493 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Micro-magnetic resonance imaging study of live quail embryos during embryonic development.

Duce Suzanne S   Morrison Fiona F   Welten Monique M   Baggott Glenn G   Tickle Cheryll C  

Magnetic resonance imaging 20100921 1


Eggs containing live Japanese quail embryos were imaged using micro-magnetic resonance imaging (μMRI) at 24-h intervals from Day 0 to 8, the period during which the main body axis is being laid down and organogenesis is taking place. Considerable detail of non-embryonic structures such as the latebra was revealed at early stages but the embryo could only be visualized around Day 3. Three-dimensional (3D) changes in embryo length and volume were quantified and also changes in volume in the extra-  ...[more]

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