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As we know that Xylazine/Ketamine administration, leads to acute hyperglycemia and subsequently a decrease levels of plasma insulin in fasted rats and this count as sampling error in experiments...!
21 August 2021 4,502 6 View
I have done some studies on DM rats and rat pancreatic acinar cell line AR42J. I would like to extend my research to alpha cell line to see the glucagon secretion. However, I can only find mouse...
10 August 2021 8,053 1 View
Hey, I am analyzing rat chondrocytes via flow cytometry. unfortunately, I treated them to become senescent and they secrete something viscose. How do I get rid of that, not hurting the sample?
06 August 2021 10,049 2 View
Hi, I'm doing western blot for phospho-RhoA using rat brain tissue extract. But I'm getting double bands around the right molecular weight, and they are very close. Is there any idea of what...
04 August 2021 2,283 4 View
I used this kit for measuring Total TG content in rat Plantaris muscle. However, I have some questions about the calculation of the final TG concentration. It is highly appreciated if anyone can...
30 July 2021 4,463 2 View
Good day scholars. Please I need to measure the blood pressure of rats at interval. I will appreciate if anyone can help with link to get this tail cuff/monitor?📱
26 July 2021 8,384 2 View
I have two specific questions: My rat heart is about 1x1x2cm and wet weight is around 1.3 grams. - How long do I need to fixate rat heart slices of 2mm thickess in 4%PFA for IHC? - How long do...
26 July 2021 6,962 3 View
There are rat strains that are more likely than others to spontanuously develop tumors. Are there litteratures covering this questions?
23 July 2021 8,332 1 View
Hi everyone, I'm running an in vitro experiment with rat astrocytes and meningeal fibroblasts and I'm looking for antibodies to stain both cell types and differentiate between the two. I use 4%...
21 July 2021 1,221 0 View
I want to know how long it will take for Cardiomyopathy to develop in STZ treated rats in order to validate my model. Please provide references.
18 July 2021 2,030 2 View
Is there a difference between the beta amyloid marker Thioflavine-S and Methoxy-X04? Is there a difference in plaque morphology? Is the target structure different? thanks a lot.
09 July 2021 9,441 2 View
Does anyone have experience in extracting proteins from rat white adipose tissue? I would like to analyse them in Western Blottingand I couldn't remove all fat cake from samples. Thanks!
30 June 2021 7,955 3 View
If I isolate/enrich lysosomes from mammalian cells through either differential centrifugation or using commercial kits, what is the best method of storage to preserve enzymatic activity? Is there...
30 June 2021 8,573 2 View
I am working with a rat dermis decellularization protocol that includes the following step: Incubate skins in 1% Triton X-100 in 0.26% Tris/0.69% EDTA for 6 hours and then overnight I am a...
23 June 2021 3,862 2 View
I want to know the drug(s) or chemical compound(s) that can cause enlargement of spleen and how (dose) to administer it.
21 June 2021 3,008 1 View
I want to analyze the behavior of rats in forced swimming test and open field test
18 June 2021 5,158 2 View
Doe anyone know a vendor that supplies CA20948 rat pancreatic carcinoma cells?
16 June 2021 1,177 0 View
The aim is to induce insulin resistance in male wistar rats weighted 200-300 grams, fed with normal chow
13 June 2021 1,078 3 View
the aim is to induce insulin resistance.
12 June 2021 6,531 1 View
Can we use a human kit to measure male sex hormones in a rat?
08 June 2021 5,864 3 View
When performing novel object recognition test some rats were doing well in the familiarization phase but did not move at all in the test phase when the novel object was added to the arena. Those...
06 June 2021 3,910 2 View
I am going to use iron (ii) and (iii) solutions in my experiment and need to prevent the formation of iron hydroxide. As the precipitation might occur at high ph and the target ph for my...
03 June 2021 7,059 3 View
Can I use the tail vein blood collection? It's for ELISA. What other option is recommended? Thank you
02 June 2021 9,184 2 View
Good day scholars. Please I need a step by step guide on how to collect vaginal smear and examine it for the presence of sperm. This is just to identify Pregnancy Day 1 when I am to start dosing...
31 May 2021 2,719 4 View