Modern approaches and new methodological possibilities in the functional state of small laboratory animals assessing

Abstract

Modern biomedical research conducted in scientific laboratories is a basis not only for studying the pathogenetic mechanisms of diseases formation and progression, today they are widely used for highly informative diagnostic methods development, new medicines creation, and the study of newly developed pharmaceutical compounds influence on the organism with their potential effectiveness assessment. The article highlights new approaches and possibilities for the functional state of small laboratory animals assessing, taking into account modern international requirements for research conduction and findings interpretation.

Keywords

• heart function tests
• echocardiography
• electrocardiography
• bioimpedance measurement
• arterial pressure
• rats