Assessing reproductive status/stages in mice

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 48, 2009, Pages

  Caligioni, Claudia S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Mouse; Vaginal smears; Wet vaginal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; VAGINA; VAGINA SECRETION; VULVA;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MICE; RATS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 67651113440     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.nsa04is48     Document Type: Article

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