Morphological changes in mouse embryos cryopreserved by different techniques

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 296-301

  Coutinho, Ana Rita Sousa ^a   Mendes, C M ^a   Caetano, H V A ^a   Nascimento, A B ^a   Oliveira, V P ^a   Hernadez Blazquez, F J ^a   Sinhorini, I L ^a   Visintin, J A ^a   D'Àvila Assumpção, Mayra Elena Ortiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cryopreservation; Embryos; Mouse; Oncosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CELL DEATH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRIFICATION;

CRYO-PRESERVATION; EMBRYO; HAEMATOXYLIN; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYOS; ONCOSI; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

FREEZING;

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HOE 33342; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRIFICATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34147200196     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20404     Document Type: Article

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