estrous cycle

Modified Vaginal Sampling Technique Reduces Interference on Estrous Cycle’s Phases of Rats

Mahfoudh A. M. Abdulghani · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2016

Aims: Two sampling techniques are used in preparing rodent vaginal smear. These techniques include vaginal lavage with sterile fluid using an eye dropper or a pipette and swab with moistened cotton bud with sterile fluid. The current study aims to investigate the influence of the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2016/23817

High-fat Diet Alone or Combined with Stress Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Female Rats1

Hamid Vasfi, Fatemeh Rostamkhani, Mina Salimi & Homeira Zardooz · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

Background: According to the role of estrogens in metabolic responses to high-fat diet and/or stress, this study aimed to investigate the effect of high- cow intra-abdominal fat diet either alone or combined with acute foot-shock stress on glucose metabolism at proestrus  and die...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/18905