Exposure of C57BL/6J male mice to an electric field improves copulation rates with superovulated females

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 393-397

  Hori, Takuya ^a,b   Yamsaard, Thicomeporn ^a   Ueta, Yoshiko Yanagimoto ^a   Harakawa, Shinji ^a,b   Kaneko, Etsushi ^a   Miyamoto, Akio ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Toyoda, Yutaka ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hakuju Institute for Health Science   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copulation; Electric field; Male; Mice; Sexual behavior; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COPULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 25444486982     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.16088     Document Type: Article

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