Contractility and membrane potential of cryopreserved auricle fragments from rat hearts after pretreatment with selenium.
Both contractility and membrane potential are suitable as viability assays of cryopreservation from rat heart muscle tissue. A pretreatment of donor animals with sodium selenite improves the survival of cryopreserved auricle fragments measured by contractility and membrane potential.
D000818:Animals; D005615:Freezing; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D051381:Rats; D012643:Selenium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*
D012643:Selenium