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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Biaxial Basal Tone and Passive Testing of the Murine Reproductive System Using a Pressure Myograph
 

Biaxial Basal Tone and Passive Testing of the Murine Reproductive System Using a Pressure Myograph

Article doi: 10.3791/60125
August 13th, 2019 •
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1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University

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August 13th, 2019

This protocol utilized a commercially available pressure myograph system to perform pressure myograph testing on the murine vagina and cervix. Utilizing media with and without calcium, the contributions of the smooth muscle cells (SMC) basal tone and passive extracellular matrix (ECM) were isolated for the organs under estimated physiological conditions.

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