Quantitative investigations on the effects of exposure durations to the combined cryoprotective agents on mouse oocyte vitrification procedures

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 884-894

  Wang, Liang ^a   Liu, Jun ^b   Zhou, Guang Bin ^a   Hou, Yun Peng ^a   Li, Jun Jie ^a   Zhu, Shi En ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Fertilization; Gamete biology; In vitro fertilization (IVF); Oocyte development

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ACCUMULATIVE OSMOTIC DAMAGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DILUTION; FEMALE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME PERCEPTION; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OOCYTES; OSMOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81055149800     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.090118     Document Type: Article

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