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| HORI, Takuya; YAMSAARD, Thicomeporn; UETA, Yoshiko Yanagimoto; HARAKAWA, Shinji; KANEKO, Etsushi; MIYAMOTO, Akio; XUAN, Xuenan; TOYODA, Yutaka; SUZUKI, Hiroshi; 宮本, 明夫; 玄, 学南; 鈴木, 宏志. |
| It is well-known that there are considerable strain differences in the relative copulation rates between male and superovulated female mice. In particular, the C57BL/6J strain of mice has a lower rate of successful copulation. We examined the effect of exposure to an electric field on sexual behavior in C57BL/6J male mice. When C57BL/6J males were exposed to a 50 Hz, 45 kV/m electric field for 30 min per day for 11 days and placed in a cage with a superovulated female of the same strain, the successful copulation rates of males was significantly improved compared with unexposed males (P<0.05). These results suggest that the exposure of C57BL/6J male mice to an electric field improves their sub-fertility activity in mating with superovulated females. |
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Palavras-chave: Mice; Male; Electric field; Copulation; Superovulation; Sexual behavior. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3021 |
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| LEE, Dong-Soo; YANAGIMOTO UETA, Yoshiko; XUAN, Xuenan; IGARASHI, Ikuo; FUJISAKI, Kozo; SUGIMOTO, Chihiro; TOYODA, Yutaka; SUZUKI, Hiroshi; 玄, 学南; 五十嵐, 郁男; 鈴木, 宏志. |
| The mRNA expression patterns of EGF, HB-EGF, Amphiregulin, EGF receptor, IGF-1, CSF-1, IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-1 receptor type 1, IL-1 receptor antagonist, LIF, COX-1, COX-2, Mucin-1, calcitonin, and rat USAG-1 mouse homologue, all of which are involved in the process of conceptus implantation to the endometrium, were examined during the estrous cycle by means of real-time quantitative PCR. COX-2, HB-EGF, LIF, Mucin-1, CSF-1, IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-1 receptor antagonist were temporally regulated during the estrous cycle and highly expressed during the estrous stage. In the case of COX-1, EGF, IGF-1, and EGF receptor, the highest mRNA expression was during the diestrous stage. In contrast, the rat USAG-1 mouse homologue mRNA expression did not... |
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Palavras-chave: Estrous cycle; Implantation; Mice; Ovarian hormone. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3022 |
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