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  1. Secret Life of the Brain (2010)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC), £59.98

    This five part series looks at the intricacies of the brain, from childhood to adulthood. A A baby’s brain weighs less then a pound, but within it lies the power to control movement, as well as the ability...

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  2. Triumph of the Embryo, The (1992 Video)

    Director
    Yavar Abbas
    Producer
    Geoff Deehan
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Follows the development of the human egg cell from the moment it is fertilised to the time of birth, and shows the egg dividing and multiplying. Traces the complex of chemical signals that manipulate and...

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  3. Dozen Eggs, A: Time-Lapse Microscopy of Normal Development (12 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Director
    Rachel Fink
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette VHS. col. 40 min., 2000 sale: £39.95 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Shows normal development in a wide range of organisms, using real-time and time-lapse cinemicrography to demonstrate major cellular rearrangements. The diversity of embryonic patterns by shown by the way...

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  4. Echinoderm Development. Part 1: Fertilisation and Cleavage (1972 Film)

    Director
    Richard A Cloney
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Fertilization and cleavage are shown in the egg of the sand dollar, ‘Dendraster excentricus’. The sperm swim to the surface of the newly spawned eggs through the surrounding layer of the transparent...

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  5. Echinoderm Development. Part 2: Gastrulation (1972 Film)

    Director
    Richard A Cloney
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows gastrulation from the initial invagination to completion in the embryo of the sand dollar ‘Dendraster excentricus’. First shows the free swimming blastula. Primary mesenchyme cells dissociate from...

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  6. Epiboly in the Killifish (1972 Film)

    Director
    J P Trinkaus
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Epiboly is a crucial aspect of the gastrulation of meroblastic eggs, leading to the establishment of the three germ layers and the formation of the yolk sac. Fundulus heteroclitus has large transparent eggs...

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  7. Experiments on the Chick Embryo: Influences on Limb Outgrowth and Symmetry (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Depicts removal of the apical ectodermal ridge at differing stages affecting the extent of limb outgrowth. Reversal of the wing-bud apex produces an extra hand. An extra wing tip forms when the zone of...

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  8. Experiments on the Chick Embryo: Mesodermal Determination of the Limb Type (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The mesodermal origin of limb type is shown experimentally by fitting the leg bud ectoderm onto the wing bud mesoderm and grafting the combination onto an embryo.

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  9. Heart Development in the Chick Embryo (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The normal development of the heart is shown in time-lapse, beginning with the identification of migratory heart-forming cells. Fusion of primordia in the mid-line, tube formation and folding, and the...

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  10. Microtubules in ‘Echinosphaerium Nucleofilum’ (1972 Film)

    Director
    Lewis Tilney
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Microtubules are microscopic elements which provide cell extensions, such as cilia and flagella, with a more or less rigid form. They are present in the long, needle-like extensions, called axopodia, of the...

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