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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2017

Ultrasonography in Experimental Reproductive Investigations on Rats.

Tianjuang Wang, Lidia Oltra-Rodríguez, Nuria García-Carrillo, Anibal Nieto, Yunxia Cao, María L Sánchez-Ferrer

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Quantitative Parameters of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS) Monitoring Ovarian Hemodynamics in Rats.Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association · 2026
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  5. Transcutaneous Ultrasound Guided Intraovarian Injection in Rats (Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Tianjuang WangReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University; Institute of Reproductive Genetics, Anhui Medical University.
Lidia Oltra-RodríguezCentro Experimental en Investigaciones Biomédica (CEIB), Campus Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Murcia.
Nuria García-CarrilloCentro Experimental en Investigaciones Biomédica (CEIB), Campus Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Murcia.
Anibal NietoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Virgen de la Arrixaca' University Clinical Hospital; Institute for Biomedical Research of Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca.
Yunxia CaoReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University; Institute of Reproductive Genetics, Anhui Medical University; Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs.
María L Sánchez-FerrerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Virgen de la Arrixaca' University Clinical Hospital; Institute for Biomedical Research of Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca; marisasanchez@um.es.
Universidad de Murcia · ESAnhui Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CNHospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca · ESInstituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the development of assisted reproductive technology and the ethical limitations of research on humans, rat animal models have been widely used in reproductive medicine. In the past, the study of reproductive system development in rodents has been based on one-time histological examination of excised tissues. Recently, with the development of high-resolution transabdominal ultrasound, high-quality sonography can now be performed to evaluate the reproductive organs of rats, allowing a new method for studying the reproductive system. Images were obtained using a high-resolution ultrasonographic system. Gynecological ultrasonography was performed on 28 eight-week-old non-pregnant rats and 5 pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats. We describe how to recognize organs of the reproductive system and associated structures in typical views during different phases of the estrus cycle. Color flow Doppler was used to measure uterine artery blood flow and evaluate uterine blood flow pattern changes during different stages of pregnancy. We have demonstrated that ultrasound exploration is a useful method for evaluating changes in internal reproductive organs. Its use raises the possibility of conducting additional experiments, including medical or surgical procedures, and provides the ability to monitor sonographic changes to internal organs without sacrificing animals.

Indexed as

AnimalsEndometriumFemaleMaleModels, AnimalOvaryPregnancyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReproductionUltrasonography, Doppler, ColorUterus

Identifiers

PMID29286461
PMCPMC5755523
OpenAlexW2769969341

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