The survival of mouse oocytes shows little or no correlation with the vitrification or freezing of the external medium, but the ability of the medium to vitrify is affected by its solute concentration and by the cooling rate

Cryobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 386-390

  Paredes, Estefania ^a,b   Mazur, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling rate; Droplet volume; EAFS concentration; Evaporation rate; Mouse oocytes; Survival; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEHYDRATION; DROPLET SIZE; DROPLET VOLUME; ELAPSED TIME; EVAPORATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRIFICATION;

COOLING RATE; DROPLET VOLUME; EAFS CONCENTRATION; EVAPORATION RATE; MOUSE OOCYTES; SURVIVAL; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FREEZING; MICE; OOCYTES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84887821192     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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