Estrous stage- and animal age-independent superovulation in the BrlHan:WISTΨcl (GALAS) rat

Experimental Animals

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-141

  Sotomaru, Yusuke ^a   Kamisako, Tsutomu ^b   Hioki, Kyoji ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^b JAC Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; hCG; PMSG; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIESTRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREPUBERTY; PROESTRUS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPEROVULATION; ZYGOTE; AGING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; OOCYTES; OVUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 21444431867     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.54.137     Document Type: Article

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