Bibliography of Techniques

George D. Snell and Katharine P. Hummel

This bibliography covers only material particularly pertinent to the mouse not covered in the main portion of this book. Only the more recent and important references are given for any one technique. General References includes those which describe many techniques or give bibliographies.

GENERAL REFERENCES

Avis, F.R. 1957. About Mice and Man. An Introduction to Mammalian Biology. Walch, Portland, Maine. 194 p.

Billingham, R.E., and W.K. Silvers. 1961. Transplantation of Tissues and Cells. Wistar Inst. Press, Philadelphia. 149 p.

Burdette, W.J. [ed.] 1963. Methodology in Mammalian Genetics. Holden-Day, San Francisco. 646 p.

Cass, J.S., I.R. Campbell, and L. Lange. 1960. Laboratory animals, an annotated bibliography. Fed. Proc. 19 (no 4, Part 3, Suppl. 6). 196 p.

Gay, W.I. 1965. Methods of Animal Experimentation. Academic Press, New York. Vol. I, 382 p. Vol II, 608 p.

BREEDING AND CARE

These subjects are discussed in Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5. Certain subjects not dealt with in these chapters are covered below.

Ectoparasites: diagnosis and treatment

Flynn, R.J. 1954. Mouse mange. Proc. Anim. Care Panel 5: 96-105.

Flynn, R.J. 1955. Ectoparasites of mice. Proc. Anim. Care Panel 6: 75-91.

Flynn, R.J. 1963. The diagnosis of some forms of ectoparasitism of mice. Lab. Anim. Care 13: 111-125.
See also PubMed.

Heston, W.E. 1941. Parasites, p. 349-379. In G.D. Snell [ed.] Biology of the Laboratory Mouse. Blakiston, Philadelphia.

Keefe, T.J., J.E. Scanlon, and L.D. Wetherald. 1964. Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst) infestation in mouse and hamster colonies. Lab. Anim. Care 14: 366-369.
See also PubMed.

Endoparasites: diagnosis and treatment

Chandler, A.C. 1952. Introduction to the worms, p. 236-252. In A.C. Chandler, Introduction to Parasitology, 8th ed. Wiley, New York.

Fratta, I.D., and C.A. Slanetz. 1958. The treatment of oxyurid infested mice with piperazine citrate, stylomycin, caricide, phenothiazine, pthalofyne and gibberellic acid. Proc. Anim. Care Panel 8: 141-146.

Habermann, R.T. 1951. Gastrointestinal parasites of laboratory animals. Proc. Anim. Care Panel 2: 36-46.

Habermann, R.T., and F.P. Williams, Jr. 1957. The efficacy of some piperazine compounds and stylomycin in drinking water for the removal of oxyurids from mice and rats and a method of critical testing of antihelmintics. Proc. Anim. Care Panel 7: 89-97.

Habermann, R.T., and F.P. Williams, Jr. 1963. Treatment of female mice and their litters with piperazine adipate in the drinking water. Lab. Anim. Care 13: 41-45.
See also PubMed.

Haberman, R.T., F.P. Williams, Jr., and W.T.S Thorp. 1954. Identification of Some Internal Parasites of Laboratory Animals. Public Health Service Publication No. 343, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 29 p.

Herrlein, H.G. 1959. Elimination of oxyurids from the laboratory mouse. Proc. Anim. Care Panel 9: 165-166.

Hoag, W.G. 1961. Oxyuriasis in laboratory mouse colonies. Amer. J. Vet. Res. 22: 150-153.
See also PubMed.

King, V.M., and G.E. Cosgrove. 1963. Intestinal helminths in various strains of laboratory mice. Lab. Anim. Care 13: 46-48.
See also PubMed.

GENETIC AND STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES

Rules for strain and gene nomenclature are given in Chapter 6; genetic, statistical, and breeding techniques are covered in Chapters 2 and 9; references on methods for testing linkage will be found in Chapter 8; and methods for the study of histocompatibility genes are described in Chapter 24. Useful general references on genetic and statistical techniques will be found in Chapters 2, 8, and 9.

CHROMOSOME CYTOLOGY

Bunker, M.C. 1961. A technique for staining chromosomes of the mouse with Sudan Black B. Can. J. Genet. Cytol. 3: 355-360.
See also PubMed.

Bunker, M.C. 1965. Chromosome preparations from solid tumors of the mouse: a direct method. Can. J. Genet. Cytol. 7: 78-83.
See also PubMed.

Evans, E.P., G. Breckon, and C.E. Ford. 1964. An air-drying method for meitoic preparations from mammalian testes. Cytogenetics 3: 289-294.
See also PubMed.

Fechheimer, N.S. 1960. Mammalian chromosome counts: a simple method for making preparation. Nature 188: 247-248.
See also PubMed.

Ford, C.E., and J.L. Hamerton. 1956. A colchicine, hypotonic citrate, squash sequence for mammalian chromosomes. Stain Technol. 31: 247-251.
See also PubMed.

Ford, E.H.R., and D.H.M. Woollam. 1963. A colchicine, hypotonic citrate, air drying saequence for foetal mammalian chromosomes. Stain Technol. 38: 271-274.
See also PubMed.

Fox, M., and I.M. Zeiss. 1961. Chromosome preparations from fresh and cultured tissues using a modification of the drying technique. Nature 192: 1213-1214.
See also PubMed.

Stich, H.F., and T.C. Hsu. 1960. Cytological identification of male and female somatic cells in the mouse. Exp. Cell Res. 20: 248-249.
See also PubMed.

Tsuchida, R., and M.A. Rich. 1964. Chromosomal aberrations in viral leukemogenesis. I. Friend and Rauschler leukemia. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 33: 33-47.
See also PubMed.

Welshons, W.J., B.H. Gibson, and B.J. Scandlyn. 1962. Slide processing for the examination of male mammalian meiotic chromosomes. Stain Technol. 37: 1-5.

TECHNIQUES RELATED TO REPRODUCTION

Reproduction is discussed in Chapter 11. Certain techniques not covered in that chapter are dealt with below.

Vaginal smears for determining estrus

Allen, E. 1922. The oestrous cycle in the mouse. Amer. J. Anat. 30: 297-371.

Fowler, R.E., and R.G. Edwards. 1957. Induction of superovulation and pregnancy in mature mice by gonadotrophins. J. Endocrinol. 15: 374-384.
See also PubMed.

Snell, G.D. 1941. Reproduction, p. 55-88. In G.D. Snell [ed.] Biology of the Laboratory Mouse. Blakiston, Philadelphia.

Snell, G.D., K.P. Hummel, and W.H. Abelmann. 1944. A technique for the artificial insemination of mice. Anat. Rec. 90: 243-253.

Induction of ovulation

Fowler, R.E., and R.G. Edwards. 1957. Induction of superovulation and pregnancy in mature mice by gonadotrophins. J. Endocrinol. 15: 374-384.
See also PubMed.

Lamond, D.R. 1960. Induction of ovulation in mice with placental gonadotrophins. J. Endocrinol. 20: 277-287.
See also PubMed.

Runner, M.N., and A. Gates. 1954. Conception in prepuberal mice following artificially induced ovulation and mating. Nature 174: 222-223.
See also PubMed.

Wilson, E.D., and M.X. Zarrow. 1962. Comparison of superovulation in the immature mouse and rat. J. Reprod. Fertil. 3: 148-158.
See also PubMed.

Artificial insemination

Dziuk, P.J., and M.N. Runner. 1960. Recovery of blastocysts and induction of implantation following artificial insemination of immature mice. J. Reprod. Fertil. 1: 321-331.
See also PubMed.

Kile, J.C., Jr. 1951. An improved method for the artificial insemination of mice. Anat. Rec. 109: 109-117.
See also PubMed.

Snell, G.D., K.P. Hummel, and W.H. Abelmann. 1944. A technique for the artificial insemination of mice. Anat. Rec. 90: 243-253.

Wolfe, H.G., and J.L. Southard. 1962. Production of all-dystrophic litters of mice by artificial insemination. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 109: 630-633.
See also PubMed.

Transplanting ova: unfertilized ova

Runner, M.N., and J. Palm. 1953. Transplantation and survival of unfertilized ova of the mouse in relation to postovulatory age. J. Exp. Zool. 124: 303-316.

Transplanting ova: fertilized ova

Deringer, M.K. 1963. Technique for the transfer of fertilized ova, p. 563-564. In W.J. Burdette [ed.] Methodology in Mammalian Genetics. Holden-Day, San Francisco.

Fekete, E. 1947. Differences in the effect of uterine environment upon development in the dba and C57 black strains of mice. Anat. Rec. 98: 409-415.

Fekete, E., and C.C. Little. 1942. Observations on the mammary tumor incidence of mice born from transferred ova. Cancer Res. 2: 525-530.

McLaren, A., and D. Michie. 1956. Studies on the transfer of fertilized mouse eggs to uterine foster mothers. I. Factors affecting the implantation and survival of native and transferred eggs. J. Exp. Biol. 33: 394-416.

Transplanting ovaries

Jones, E.C., and P.L. Krohn. 1960. Orthotopic ovarian transplantation in mice. J. Endocrinol. 20: 135-146.
See also PubMed.

Palm, J. 1961. Transplantation of ovarian tissue, p. 49-56. In R.E. Billingham and W.K. Silvers [ed.] Transplantation of Tissues and Cells. Wistar Inst. Press, Philadelphia.

Parrott, D.M.V. 1960. The fertility of mice with orthotopic ovarian grafts derived from frozen tissue. J. Reprod. Fertil. 1: 230-241.

Robertson, G.G. 1940. Ovarian transplantation in the house mouse. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 44: 302-304.

Russell, W.L., and J.G. Hurst. 1945. Pure strain mice born to hybrid mothers following ovarian transplantation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 31: 267-273.
See also MGI.

Stevens, L.C. 1957. A modification of Robertson's technique of homoiotopic ovarian transplantation in mice. Transplant. Bull. 4: 106-107.
See also PubMed.

Transplanting mammary glands

Prehn, R.T. 1953. Tumors and hyperplastic nodules in transplanted mammary glands. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 13: 859-872.
See also PubMed.

Thompson, J.S. 1963. Transplantation of whole mammary glands in mice. Transplantation 1: 526-534.
See also PubMed.

EMBRYOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS AND TECHNIQUES

Information and references concerning embryological preparations and techniques will be found in Chapters 12 and 25. A few additional references are given below.

Carter, T.C. 1954. The genetics of luxate mice. IV. Embryology. J. Genet. 52: 1-35. (A good description of method of collecting embryos, fixing, staining, etc., and making graphic reconstructions.)
See also MGI.

Mintz, B. 1964. Formation of genetically mosaic mouse embryos, and early development of "lethal (t¹²/t¹²)-normal" mosaics. J. Exp. Zool. 157: 273-292.
See also PubMed.

New, D.A.T., and K.F. Stein. 1963. Cultivation of mouse embryos in vitro. Nature 199: 297-299.
See also PubMed.

Rawles, M.E. 1940. The development of melanophores from embryonic mouse tissues grown in the coelom of chick embryos. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 26: 673-680.
See also PubMed.

Orsini, M.W. 1962. Study of ova-implantation in the hamster, rat, mouse, guinea-pig, and rabbit in cleared uterine tracts. J. Reprod. Fertil. 3: 288-293.
See also PubMed.

ANATOMICAL PREPARATIONS

Injection of arterial sysem

West, W.T., and L.W. Gorham. 1962. Injection of the arterial system of the mouse. Stain Technol. 37: 99-103.
See also PubMed.

Whole mounts of mammary glands

Dalton, A.J. 1945. Cytology of mammary tumors of the mouse, p. 7-12. In F.R. Moulton [ed.] A Symposium on Mammary Tumors in Mice. Science Press, Lancaster, Pa.

Richardson, F.L. and A.M. Cloudman. 1947. The mammary gland development in male mice at nine weeks of age. Anat. Rec. 97: 223-237.

Preparing skins

Miller, D.F., and G. Blaydes. 1962. Methods and Materials of Teaching Biological Sciences, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York. 442 p.

Preparations of demonstrating bone and cartilage

Bechtol, C.O. 1948. Differential in toto staining of bone, cartilage and soft tissues. Stain Technol. 23: 3-8.

Crary, D.D. 1962. Modified benzyl alcohol clearing of alizarin-stained specimens without loss of flexibility. Stain Technol. 37: 124-125.
See also PubMed.

Green, M.C. 1952. A rapid method for clearing and staining specimens for the demonstration of bone. Ohio J. Sci. 52: 31-33.

Grüneberg, H. 1953. Genetical studies on the skeleton of the mouse. VII. Congenital hydrocephalus. J. Genet. 51: 327-358.
See also MGI.

Noback, G.J. 1916. The use of the Van Wijhe method for the staining of the cartilaginous skeleton. Anat. Rec. 11: 292-294.

Searle, A.G. 1954. Genetical studies on the skeleton of the mouse. IX. Causes of skeletal variation within pure lines. J. Genet. 52: 68-102. (This gives a method for papain digestion of soft tissues.)
See also MGI.

Williams, T.W., Jr. 1941. Alizarin red S and toluidin blue for differentiating adult or embryonic bone and cartilage. Stain Technol. 16: 23-25.

ANESTHESIA

General

Bolz, W. 1961. General Anesthesia in Domesticated, Wild, Zoo, and Laboratory Animals. Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart. 256 p.

Croft, P.G. 1960. An Introduction to the Anaesthesia of Laboratory Animals. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, London. 32 p.

Lumb, W.V. 1963. Small Animal Anesthesia. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. 420 p.

Cooling

East, J., and D.M.V. Parrott. 1962. Operative techniques for newborn mice using anesthesia by cooling. J. Endocrinol. 24: 249-250.
See also PubMed.

Ether

Buchsbaum, M., and R. Buchsbaum. 1962. Age and ether anesthesia in mice. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 109: 68-70.
See also PubMed.

Avertin

Jones, E.C., and P.L. Krohn. 1960. Orthotopic ovarian transplantation in mice. J. Endocrinol. 20: 135-146.
See also PubMed.

Pentobarbital

Billingham, R.E. 1961. Free skin grafting in mammals, p. 1-34. In R.E. Billingham and W.K. Silvers [ed.] Transplantation of Tissues and Cells. Wistar Inst. Press, Philadelphia.

Pilgrim, H.I., and K. B. DeOme. 1955. Intraperitoneal pentobarbital anesthesia in mice. Exp. Med. Surg. 13: 401-403.
See also PubMed.

Methoxyflurane

Hagen, E.O., and J.M. Hagen. 1964. A method of inhalation anesthesia for laboratory mice. Lab. Anim. Care 14: 13-15.
See also PubMed.

OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES

General

See also General References, especially Avis ( 1957) and Billingham and Silvers ( 1961).

Farris, E.J., and J. Q. Griffith [ed.] 1949. The Rat in Laboratory Investigation, 2nd ed. Lippincott, Philadelphia. 542 p.

Siegler, R., and M.A. Rich. 1963. Artificial respiration in mice during thoracic surgery: a simple, inexpensive technic. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 114: 511-513.
See also PubMed.

Adrenalectomy

Grollman, A. 1941. Biological assay of adrenal cortical activity. Endocrinology 29: 855-861.

Llaurado, J.G. 1958. A method for rapid adrenalectomy in the rat. J. Anim. Tech. Ass. 8: 75-78.

Goandectomy

Avis, F.R. 1957. About Mice and Man. An Introduction to Mammalian Biology. Walch, Portland, Maine. 194 p.

East, J., and D.M.V. Parrott. 1962. Operative techniques for newborn mice using anaesthesia by cooling. J. Endocrinol. 24: 249-250.
See also PubMed.

Russell, W.L., and J.G. Hurst. 1945. Pure strain mice born to hybrid mothers following ovarian transplantation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 31: 267-273.
See also MGI.

Hypophysectomy

el-Bolkainy, M.N. 1963. Technique for hypophysectomy of the mouse. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 30: 1077-1089.
See also PubMed.

Falconi, G., and G.L. Rossi. 1964. Transauricular hypophysectomy in rats and mice. Endocrinology 74: 301-303.
See also PubMed.

Jensen, E. 1963. An improved technique for hypophysectomy of young mice. Acta Pathol. Microbiol. Scand. 59: 301-303.

Lostroh, A.J., and C.W. Jordan, Jr. 1955. Improved procedure for hypophysectomy of the mouse. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 90: 267-269.
See also PubMed.

Thomas, Frédéric. 1938. A technic for hypophysectomy of the mouse. Endocrinology 23: 99-103.

Mammectomy

Dux, A. 1962. Total mammectomy in female mice and rats. Nature 196: 287-288.

Staff of the Cancer Research Genetics Laboratory, University of California. 1963. Current applications of a method of transplantation of tissues into cell-free mammary fat pads of mice, p. 565-569. In W.J. Burdette [ed.] Methodology in Mammalian Genetics. Holden-Day, San Francisco.

Partial hepatectomy

Feigelson, M., P. Fegelson, and P.R. Gross. 1957. Xanthine oxidase activity in regenerating liver. J. Gen. Physiol. 41: 233-242.
See also PubMed.

Radiothyroidectomy

Gorbman, A. 1950. Functional and structural changes consequent to high dosages of radioactive iodine. J. Clin. Endocrinol. 10: 1177-1191.
See also PubMed.

Splenectomy

Haller, J.A., Jr. 1964. The effect of neonatal splenectomy on mortality from runt disease in mice. Transplantation 2: 287-291.
See also PubMed.

Searle, A.G. 1959. Hereditary absence of spleen in the mouse. Nature 184: 1419-1420. (Description of a "genetically splenectomized" mouse.)
See also PubMed.

Thymectomy

East, J., and D.M.V. Parrott. 1962. Operative techniques for newborn mice using anaesthesia by cooling. J. Endocrinol. 24: 249-250.
See also PubMed.

Kaplan, H.S. 1950. Influence of thymectomy, plenectomy, and gonadectomy on incidence of radiation-induced lymphoid tumors in strain C57 black mice. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 11: 83-90.
See also PubMed.

Miller, J.F.A.P. 1962. Effect of neonatal thymectomy on the immunological responsiveness of the mouse. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 156: 415-428.

O'Gara, R.W., and J. Ards. 1961. Intrasplenic transplantation of neonatal thymus. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 27: 277-297.
See also PubMed.

Sjodin, K., A.P. Dalmasso, J.M. Smith, and C. Martinez. 1963. Thymectomy in newborn and adult mice. Transplantation 1: 521-525.
See also PubMed.

Parabiosis

Bunster, E., and R.K. Meyer. 1933. An improved method of parabiosis. Anat. Rec. 57: 339-343.

Wilson, D.B. 1961. Parabiosis, p. 57-59. In R.E. Billingham and W.K. Silvers [ed.] Transplantation of Tissues and Cells. Wistar Inst. Press, Philadelphia.

Skin grafting

Bailey, D.W. 1963. Histoincompatibility associated with the X chromosome in mice. Transplantation 1: 70-74.
See also MGI.

Bailey, D.W., and B. Usama. 1960. A rapid method of grafting skin on tails of mice. Transplant. Bull. 7: 424-425.
See also PubMed.

Billingham, R.E. 1961. Free skin grafting in mammals, p. 1-26. In R.E. Billingham and W.K. Silvers [ed.] Transplantation of Tissues and Cells. Wistar Inst. Press, Philadelphia.

Billingham, R.E., and P.B. Medawar. 1951. The technique of free skin grafting in mammals. J. Exp. Biol. 28: 385-402.

INJECTIONS

Intravenous

See also Bleeding Methods.

Anderson, N.F., E.J. Delorme, M.F.A. Woodruff, and D.C. Simpson. 1959. An improved technique for intravenous injection of newborn rats and mice. Nature 184: 1952-1953.
See also PubMed.

Barnes, D.W.H., C.E. Ford, and J.E. Harris. 1963. Intravenous injection of young mice. Transplantation 1: 574.

Billingham, R.E. 1961. The induction of tolerance of homologous tissue grafts, p. 87-106. In R.E. Billingham and W.K. Silvers [ed.] Transplantation of Tissues and Cells. Wistar Inst. Press, Philadelphia.

Billingham, R.E., and L. Brent. 1956. Acquired tolerance of foreign cells in newborn animals. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 146: 78-90.
See also PubMed.

Crispens, C.G., and N. Kaliss. 1961. A simple device for facilitating injections in the tail veins of mice. Amer. J. Clin. Pathol. 35: 387-388.

Nickson, J.J., and S.S. Barkulis. 1948. An apparatus to facilitate intravenous injections on the mouse. Science 107: 229-230.
See also PubMed.

Pinkerton, W. and M. Webber. 1964. A method of injecting small laboratory animals by the ophthalmic plexus route. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 116: 959-961.
See also PubMed.

Intracardiac

Grazer, F.M. 1958. Technic for intravascular injection and bleeding of newborn rats and mice. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 99: 407-409.
See also PubMed.

Postnikova, Z.A. 1960. A method of intracardiac injection in newborn rats and mice. Folia Biol. (Prague) 6: 59-60.

TECHNIQUES RELATED TO BLOOD

Various techniques relating to hematology and blood clotting are described in Chapters 17 and 18. A few other techniques related to blood are cited.

Bleeding methods

See also Injections

Ambrus, J.L., M. Ambrus, J.W. E. Harrison, C.A. Leonard, C.E. Moser, and H. Cravitz. 1951. Comparison of methods for obtaining bllod from mice. Amer. J. Pharm. 123: 100-104.

Fuson, R.B., and O.N. Rambo, Jr. 1957. An improved method for the bleeding of mice. Transplant. Bull. 4: 147-148.
See also PubMed.

Grice, H.C. 1964. Methods for obtaining blood for intravenous injections in laboratory animals. Lab. Anim. Care 14: 483-493.
See also PubMed.

Riley, V. 1960. Adaptation of orbital bleeding technic to rapid serial blood studies. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 104: 751-754.
See also PubMed.

Russell, E.S. 1963. Techniques for the study of anemias in mice, p. 558-562. In W.J. Burdette [ed.] Methodology in Mammalian Genetics. Holden-Day, San Francisco.

Stimpfling, J.H., E.A. Boyse, and R. Mishell. 1964. Preparation of isoantisera in laboratory mice. Method. Med. Res. 10: 18-21. (A description of bleeding from the tail. A very simple method if sterility is not important.)
See also PubMed.

Stone, S.H. 1954. Method for obtaining venous blood from the orbital sinus of the rat or mouse. Science 119: 100.
See also PubMed.

Perfusion and infusion

Avis, F.R. 1957. The perfusion of organs in vitro, p. 169-182. In F.R. Avis, About Mice and Man. An Introduction to Mammalian Biology. Walch, Portland, Maine.

Hint, H.C., and A.W. Richter. 1958. A simple intravenous infusion technique for mice. Method and some applications. Acta Pharmacol. Toxicol. 14: 153-157.
See also PubMed.

Laszlo, J., S.R. Humphreys, and A. Goldin. 1960. Effects of glucose analogues (2-deoxy-D-glucose, 2-deoxy-D-galactose) on experimental tumors. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 24: 267-279.
See also PubMed.

Techniques for the study of anemias

Russell, E.S. 1963. Techniques for the study of anemias in mice, p. 558-562. In W.J. Burdette [ed.] Methodology in Mammalian Genetics. Holden-Day, San Francisco.

Blood pressure determinations

Chevillard, L., M.C. Arnal, and H. Giono. 1957. Pression artérielle et fréquence cardiaque de la souris. Compt. Rend Soc. Biol. 151: 276-279.
See also PubMed.

Griffith, J.Q. 1934. Indirect method for determining blood pressure in small animals. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 32: 394-396.

Henry, J.P., J.P. Meehan, P. Stevens, and G.A. Santistebaum. 1965. Arterial pressure in CBA mice as related to age. J. Gerontol. 20: 239-243.
See also MGI.

Knudsen, P.J. 1957. Indirect determination of peripheral blood pressure in mice during light anaesthesia. Acta Physiol. Scand. 39: 137-140.

McMaster, P.D. 1941. A method to determine the peripheral arterial blood pressure in the mouse. J. Exp. Med. 74: 29-39.

Wu, C.H., and M.B. Visscher. 1948. Adaptation of the tail plethysmograph to blood pressure measurement in the mouse with some observations on the effects of temperature. Amer. J. Physiol. 153: 330-335.

IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES

Information on the use of alloantisera (isoantisera) in histocompatibility typing and blood group typing will be found in Chapter 24. Additional references dealing with immunological techniques are given in Chapter 31. Some other references are listed below.

Preparation of alloantisera (isoantisera)

Stimpfling, J.H., E.A. Boyse, and R. Mishell. 1964. Preparation of isoantisera in laboratory mice. Meth. Med. Res. 10: 18-21.
See also PubMed.

Production of sperm autoantibodies

Snell, G.D., and H. Poucher. 1943. Relation of number of injections to titer of sperm isoagglutinins in mice. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 54: 261-263.

Red-cell agglutination techniques

Gorer, P.A., and Z.B. Mikulska. 1954. The antibody response to tumor inoculation: improved methods of antibody detection. Cancer Res. 14: 651-655.
See also PubMed.

Stimpfling, J.H. 1961. The use of PVP as a developing agent in mouse hemagglutination tests. Transplant. Bull. 27: 109-111.

Stimpfling, J.H. 1964. Methods for detection of hemagglutinins in mouse isoantisera. Meth. Med. Res. 10: 22-26.
See also PubMed.

Leukocyte agglutination techniques

Mishell, R. 1964. Leukocyte agglutination in mice. Meth. Med. Res. 10: 35-38.
See also PubMed.

Cytotoxic technique

Boyse, E.A., L.J. Old, and I. Chouroulinkov. 1964. Cytotoxic test for demonstration of mouse antibody. Meth. Med. Res. 10: 39-47.
See also PubMed.

Sanderson, A.R. 1964. Cytotoxic reactions of mouse iso-antisera: preliminary considerations. Brit. J. Exp. Pathol. 45: 398-408.
See also PubMed.

Hemolysis and complement fixation

Winn, H.J. 1964. Hemolysis and complement fixation. Meth. Med. Res. 10: 48-57.
See also PubMed.

Fluorescent antibody technique

Möller, G. 1964. Fluorescent antibody technique for demonstration of isoantigens in mice. Meth. Med. Res. 10: 58-59.

Preparation of the H-2 alloantigen

Kandutsch, A.A. 1964. Isolation of transplantation isoantigens of mice. Meth. Med. Res. 10: 70-75.
See also PubMed.

TUMOR TRANSPLANTATION

Various techniques for low temperature storage of tumors are described in Chapter 28. References related to some other techniques are given below.

Transplantation of tumors

Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center. December, 1962. Protocols for Screening. Cancer Chemotherapy Reports No. 25. Public Health Service, Washington, D.C., 184 p.

Transformation of solid to ascites tumors

Goldie, H. 1956. Growth characteristics of free tumor cells in various body fluids and tissues of the mouse. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 63: 711-719.
See also PubMed.

Klein, E. 1955. Transformation of Solid into Ascites Tumors. Almqvist and Wiksells, Uppsala, Sweden. 40 p.

Klein, G., and E. Klein. 1956. Conversion of solid neoplasms into ascites tumors. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 63: 640-661.
See also PubMed.

Yolk sac cultivation of tumors

Taylor, A., R.E. Hungate, and D.R. Taylor. 1943. Yolk sac cultivation of tumors. Cancer Res. 3: 537-541.

MISCELLANEOUS

Determination of basal oxygen consumption

Mayer, J., R.E. Russell, M.W. Bates, and M.M. Dickie. 1952. Basal oxygen consumption of hereditarily obese and diabetic mice. Endocrinology 50: 318-323.
See also PubMed.

Preparation of cell suspensions

Boyse, E.A. 1960. A method for the production of viable cell suspensions from solid tumors. Transplant. Bull. 7(25): 100-104.
See also PubMed.

Cowan, W.K. 1962. The use of oxidised ascorbic acid for cell dispersal. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 84: 439-441.
See also PubMed.

Gwatkin, R.B.L., and J.L. Thomson. 1964. A new method for dispersing the cells of mammalian tissues. Nature 201: 1242-1243.
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