A simple breeding protocol for the procurement of accurately staged rat donor embryos for neural transplantation

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-476

  Weyrauch, Ulrike M ^a   Torres, E M ^a   Baird, A L ^a   Dunnett, S B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Donor age; Embryo staging; Estrus cycle; Rat breeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DIESTRUS; EMBRYO; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATING; METESTRUS; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 67651247641     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909788809802     Document Type: Article

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