Simple perfusion apparatus for manipulation, tracking, and study of oocytes and embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 281-290.e5

  Angione, Stephanie L ^a   Oulhen, Nathalie ^b   Brayboy, Lynae M ^c,d   Tripathi, Anubhav ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell viability assay; Endocytosis activity; Hydrodynamic trap; Micro fluidics; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; B6C3F1 MOUSE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRACKING; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIMPLE PERFUSION APPARATUS; STARFISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRACKING; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTES;

EID: 84924360101     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.09.039     Document Type: Article

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