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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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| Hori, Takuya; Harakawa, Shinji; Inoue, Noboru; Nagasawa, Hideyuki; Kariya, Tatsuya. |
| The present study was aimed to examine whether a 50-Hz electric field (EF) affects biological stress responses. Male C57BL/6J mice were exposed to either 50-Hz EF (45 kV/m) or given a sham exposure for 30 minutes per day for 1, 2 or 4 weeks and then either mock inoculated or inoculated with the protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) PLK strain. Survival rate was calculated in mice infected with T. gondii after exposure to EF and the serum antibody levels to heat shock protein 60 (Hsp-60), and mRNA levels for Hsp-60, IFN-γ and IL-12p35 in mouse peripheral leucocytes were determined. As a result, no statistically significant difference was found in survival rate between mice exposed to EF and those in the sham exposure group. When mice were... |
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Palavras-chave: 50-Hz; Electric field; Hsp-60; Stress response; Survival rate. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/997 |
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