Superovulatory response, oocyte spontaneous activation, and embryo development in WMN/Nrs inbred rats

Experimental Animals

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-45

  Kito, Seiji ^a   Yano, Hiroko ^a   Ohta, Yuki ^b   Tsukamoto, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Science Services   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Inbred WMN Nrs rats; Oocyte spontaneous activation; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

BROMETHOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESCAIN; ISOFLURANE; PENTOBARBITAL; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INBRED STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVIDUCT; RAT; SUPEROVULATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; OOCYTES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77950661113     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.59.35     Document Type: Article

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