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i am trying to induce second degree skin burns in rat models and i am unable to find a standard protocol including the quantity of acid to induce the burns.
19 February 2020 7,283 1 View
Hi all, I'm trying to measure the compound action potential (CAP) on an isolated porcine phrenic nerve which is stimulated on the proximal end but every time I remove the nerve from the electrode...
19 February 2020 4,916 2 View
Hi,,I need a method or equation for calculating the concentrations of Clutathione (GSH) and Malundaldehyde (MDA) in liver and kidney tissue of laboratory rats ...
17 February 2020 9,476 3 View
How long the duration of spermatogenesis cycle in rats?, which can any medical applications measured?
02 February 2020 5,875 2 View
Hi, We have been discussing this topic on my lab for a long time. Is there any justification for reporting statistically significant results of several one-way ANOVAs when a previous and more...
30 January 2020 8,568 2 View
Hello all, I have a primary antibody produced in rat, that I would like to test on rat cryosections. However I am afraid that the secondary antibody (which will be anti-rat) produces a high...
27 January 2020 9,248 3 View
I have been using FluorSave mounting medium from Calbiochem for CLSM since 2016. I wanted to order a new bottle and seems the one from Merck Chemicals is much cheaper, any one used this one and...
27 January 2020 5,338 4 View
Hi all, I have a set of open field test in which i want to detect grooming, supported rearing and unsupported rearing behavior. Ethovision XT was somewhat OK for the grooming but couldn't...
24 January 2020 8,908 1 View
I am using the standard protocol as given in the Bancroft's book,the color distinction is fine but getting pink blotches all over my tissue section..Have increased washing time in each step and...
23 January 2020 1,567 3 View
I have been trying to remove the vitreous humour from baby rat eyes (post natal day 15) and have been still having a lot of interference in my IHC staining. Does anyone have a good protocol to...
21 January 2020 4,756 1 View
I am culturing rat lymphocytes from whole rat blood, then washing in PBS followed by fixing in Carnoy's fixative. At this point I am mounting cells on a slide. Somewhere in this process I have...
21 January 2020 2,659 2 View
Hi Some studies have shown that enteric coated aspirin could be a cause for aspirin resistance. I would like to know how much relevant is this and what is the mechanism behind this. best regards
17 January 2020 3,324 2 View
I am trying to build up a system with which I can measure different physiological parameters such as CO2, ECG, Heart Rate, Respiration Rate, Blood Pressure, in small animals like rats, mice, and...
02 January 2020 2,840 4 View
Is there any research or an information about use of swedish bitter in veterinary medicine besides rats? I am planning to do a research on this spesific subject. Magistral formulas like this are...
14 December 2019 1,044 3 View
I am trying to develop an efficient and an effective AD model using Wistar rats.I require suggestions as to which model may be the best one to mimic AD pathology in rats. The one that comes to my...
14 December 2019 8,905 4 View
Dear RG community, I am looking for anti-rat FC blocking antibodies (CD16/C32) for the QC of a FACS immunophenotyping experiment. So far, I can only find anti-mouse Fc block from manufacturers...
05 December 2019 7,444 1 View
What is the roles If we want to use frequent Intrathecal administration for rat model (treatment)? Especially that we need to inject the rats for 7 days under anesthesia? Please include reference...
28 November 2019 9,338 2 View
Hi Everybody! I am performing Immunoflorescence for rat's brain tissue containing GFP, fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for 24 hours, two days in 30% sucrose solutions. And i am consistently...
23 November 2019 1,845 3 View
Since I can't get ejaculate from rats, how do assay for Calcium ion level in the epididymal sperm cells?
19 November 2019 1,253 1 View
Any behavior test for social novelty apart from 3 chamber test? I want to look if there is an impairment in social novelty or social memory (in rats). I wanted to know if apart from the 3 chamber...
12 November 2019 10,013 3 View
I hope everyone is doing great. Kindly spare some time and help me in resolving my issue. How can we select animal for our in vivo study? what are the basis of selection? For instance, I am...
11 November 2019 3,876 3 View
Good evening, I have a already esablished Overall Systemic NOAEL (mg/Kg bw/day) for a pesticide wich i'll be studing the effect by oral administration on rats, can i use directly this dose in my...
09 November 2019 8,363 1 View
Hi all, I was wondering if I should use oxygenated Kreb's solution to store my dissected rat's sciatic nerve before my experiments and also how long can they survive in that? (by survive I mean...
21 October 2019 9,019 2 View
i don't know the interval for multiple doses administration of haloperidol decanoate for rat
18 October 2019 5,605 2 View