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Objective To investigate the modified method of intracavernous cannulation in monitoring intracavernous pressure (ICP) of rats.Methods The present study was conducted from October to December 2014.Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 2 groups,the conventional group (cannulated in the crus of the penis) and the modified group (cannulated in the corporal body of the penis).The erectile function of the rats was assessed by measuring ICP/MAP (mean arterial pressure) ratio.The electrical-stimulation (ES) parameters were 5 V,15 Hz,5 ms,and 60 s for each stimulation.Results The differences in the basic ICP (14.9 ± 2.7 versus 15.5 ± 3.1 mmHg),ES-ICP (87.6 ± 7.5 versus 85.0 ± 6.2 mmHg),and ICP/MAP (71.3％ ± 6.6％ versus 72.5％ ± 6.3％) were not significant between the 2 groups (P ＞0.05 for all).Compared with the conventional group,the modified group could accurately cannulate the corpus cavernosum under direct vision,with an improved successful rate (100％ versus 80％),but there was no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05) in intracavernous pressure measurement.Conclusion The modified method of cannulating in the corpus cavernosum could have the advantage of higher successful rate,suggesting a feasible way for basic research of erectile dysfunction in rats.
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We designed a novel microcantilever immuosensor based on magnetic microbead, applying different-sized CdSe QDs as fluorescent probes and polystyrene magnetic microbead. The novel microcantilever immuosensor used fluorescent probes embedded polystyrene microbeads and specific antibodies on the surface of the polystyrene microbead. In addition, we studied the mechanism of the on-chip magnetic separation, the structure of micro-electromagnet and the microbead magnetization by the micro-magnetic field, the snake-shaped planar micro-electromagnet for the novel microcantilever immuosensor.