Parameters of estrous cycles in albino rats normally and after injection of xenogenic cerebrospinal fluid

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2007 Aug;144(2):246-8. doi: 10.1007/s10517-007-0301-x.

Abstract

We studied biological effects of xenogenic cerebrospinal fluid. Injection of the liquor to albino female rats during different periods of postnatal ontogeny induced changes in the dynamics of estrous cycles. Changes in the picture of vaginal smears, duration of estrous cycles, and proportion between their phases were found.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / physiology*
  • Estrus / physiology*
  • Female
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sexual Maturation
  • Species Specificity