In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) programs use ultrasound extensively for monitoring the growth of ovarian follicles and, subsequently, for confirming the presence of a fetal sac. ...There have been few reports of the effects of ultrasound on ovulation rates in mammals, and we report here that following exposure to continuous wave ultrasound at a spatial average intensity of 3.0 W/cm2 for five minutes, ovulation rates measured 10 days later were significantly reduced in mice. When temperature elevation of the exposed ovary was measured with a thermocouple, hyperthermia correlated with reduction in ovulation.
Rat embryos at 10 days of gestation were exposed to 43 degrees C for 8 minutes by submerging the exteriorized right uterine horn in heated saline solution and then reinserting the uterine horn into ...the abdominal cavity. At 15 days, the fetuses were removed, and cells from the cerebral hemispheres were dissociated and grown as primary cultures. Embryos from the left uterine horn served as controls. No morphological changes were observed between the cultures of cells from control and heat-exposed embryos at different days in culture. However, exposure of embryos to hyperthermia at 10 days significantly affected the developmental pattern of activities of acetylcholine esterase associated with cholinergic neurons and of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide phosphohydrolase associated with oligodendrocytes and myelin membrane formation. These results suggest that hyperthermia at 10 days of gestation in the rat may lead to an impairment in the development of neurons and oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system.
The Effect Of Ultrasound On Neonatal Cerebral Blood Perfusion Muscarella, L.F.; Vastharet, U.; Tumat, R. ...
1990 Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,
1990
Conference Proceeding
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