Theoretic considerations regarding slow cooling and vitrification during cryopreservation

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1641-1652

  Liu, J ^a   Phy, J ^a   Yeomans, E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Slow cooling; Theoretic investigation; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OOCYTES; OSMOSIS; RATS; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84867402345     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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