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I am performing LM on whole rat brains with a specific focus on the hippocampus and cannot find which information on which clearing technique is better.
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Hello sir. I am currently a master's student, and I am conducting pharmacokinetic studies in rats on the drug Posaconazole. However, I have encountered some problems recently. That is, the...
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I need to calculate the concentration of viral antigens or viral load in a given amount of mucus in an adult experimentally infected with RSV. The only comparable test I have come across in the...
02 October 2020 9,392 1 View
Is continuous glucose monitoring, comparable to what is existing in humans, available for mice and/or rats without large surgery ? thank you !
22 September 2020 6,185 2 View
Does anyone have experience in Hymenolepis infestation in rats? I have given them praziquantel for about 3 terms as the eggs were still found in the feces when it was evaluated 5 days after the...
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Dear all, I was thinking about sorting single-cell suspensions of wild-type mouse hippocampal neurons into glutamatergic and gabaergic neurons. As time is a critical factor, I was wondering...
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As we know, rats are very resistant to rise in blood glucose and lipids via high-fat diet. so, what is the lowest effective percentage of fat in the diet of them for the induction of type 2...
15 September 2020 2,391 3 View
I can fathom the idea of PK being different b/w dogs and rodents, but why would I be seeing a significantly different PK profile for the same drug tested on rats and mice?
11 September 2020 8,909 5 View
When the rats were induced diabetes with the administration of Streptozotocin Section from pancreatic islets and acini shows cytoplasmic vacuolation. Islets are small in size with reduced in the...
10 September 2020 9,478 2 View
Tissue processing techniques in particular..
07 September 2020 5,903 3 View
Hi Im seeking advice on what would be the best model of T2D and metabolic syndrome in rats Thank you
05 September 2020 3,866 4 View
Hello all, Has anyone tried to orally administer ketamine to mice or rats inside drinking water, wihout addition of any sugar? Do the animals really avoid drinking water with ketamine? I tried to...
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I am looking for a source of cDNA primers, rat genome, real time PCR. Previously I used rtprimers bd, but is seems to be out of service for a while now.
02 September 2020 5,332 3 View
Hello everyone, my interest is to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in anaphylactic shock using Wistar rats. While i inject non-allergic naive rats with iv bolus (1 mg ova in 1 ml),...
28 August 2020 9,685 2 View
I am looking for a model cell line to validate anti-rat EpCam Antibodies but i am struggling to find a good candidate. Many thanks!
25 August 2020 424 2 View
Hello everybody, I'm planning to investigate the in-vitro release of different markers (CXCL10, INF-a, IFN-b, 1L-1a, IL-1b, IL-6, free DNA) by NR8383 rat macrophages, upon incubation with several...
21 August 2020 8,963 1 View
Hello, I am trying to find antibodies that can be used in paraffin rat brain sections against S100B , PSD95, Synapsin-I, VGLUT1,VGLUT2. I am checking the technical info provided by some companies...
13 August 2020 5,579 2 View
I'm conducting a toxicological experiment. I administered crude ethanol extract to pregnant rats. I need to check two things -the serum concentration of the extract in the dam rats...
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Hi everyone, For my experiments I need to work with the rat pancreatic cell line Ar42J. I have purchased (twice now) the cells from ATCC, however after the process of thawing and transferring...
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This is in an in vitro model of skeletal muscle cells where insulin-mediated AKT phosphorylation is increased. Any explanation will be appreciated.
02 August 2020 9,350 0 View
Hello, Does anyone have any experience with isolation of CD8+ cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells from rat spleen? I'd prefer kit-based if possible, but any protocols you can provide would...
31 July 2020 5,617 6 View
How can chemical laboratory experiments be done on pregnant rats? Upon knowing the effect of a chemical substance, protein, hormonal or enzyme on animals, experiments with pregnant rats .. Do any...
23 July 2020 6,234 1 View
Hi! Anyone knows whether I can performe behavioral tests in rats at PND30 and then, repeate them at PND60? Or this is not correct? Thanks.
21 July 2020 3,822 3 View
Dear Experts, I have studied the magnetic properties of a perovskite cobaltite and found that Curie-temperature (TC=147 K) is decreasing and Curie-temperature (TCW) is increasing with an...
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