A quantitative method for assessing stages of the rat estrous cycle

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-87

  Hubscher, Charles H ^a   Brooks, D L ^a   Johnson, J R ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Estrus; Ovariectomy; PAP stain; Proestrus; Reproduction; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROESTRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 26044481500     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290500138422     Document Type: Article

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