Ovulation : evolving scientific and clinical concepts /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Serono Symposia, USA, International Symposium on Ovulation: Evolving Scientific and Clinical Concepts
Other Authors: Adashi, E. Y.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2000]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An overview of 37 years of research on ovulation / Lawrence L. Espey
  • Pt. 1. The follicle
  • Histologic definition of ovarian follicles and analysis of folliculogenesis disruptions due to gene mutations / Alain Gougeon
  • The Graafian follicle: a functional definition / Gregory F. Erickson
  • The critical granulosa cell complement: lessons from the cyclin D2 knockout / JoAnne S. Richards, Rebecca L. Robker
  • Ovarian teratocarcinogenesis: a consequence of abnormal regulation of meiosis / John J. Eppig, Ales Hampl, Yuji Hirao
  • The role of the oocyte in ovulation / Antonietta Salustri ... [et al.]
  • Pt. 2. The gonadotropin surge
  • The physiology of the human midcycle gonadotropin surge / Ann E. Taylor ... [et al.]
  • Duration, amplitude, and specificity of the midcycle gonadotropin surge in nonhuman primates / Mary B. Zelinski-Wooten, Yasmin A. Chandrasekher, Richard L. Stouffer
  • The many faces of FSH / Aaron J.W. Hsueh
  • Pt. 3. The intraovarian steroid microenvironment
  • Progesterone: lessons from the progesterone receptor knockout / Rebecca L. Robker, JoAnne S. Richards
  • Intraovarian control of ovulation: lessons from steroid ablation/replacement in monkeys / Richard L. Stouffer ... [et al.]
  • Pt. 4. Putative periovulatory intraovarian regulators
  • The ovarian renin angiotensin system viewed through ovarian perfusion / C. Matthew Peterson, Masato M. Mikuni, Mats Brännström
  • Ovarian oxytocin: periovulatory production and effects / Joanne E. Fortune ... [et al.]
  • Neurotrophins and the ovulatory process: a role for NFG and trkA? / Gregory A. Dissen, Artur Mayerhofer, Sergio R. Ojeda
  • Cooperative roles for the angiopoietins and vascular endothelial growth factor in ovarian angiogenesis / Stanley J. Wiegand, Patricia Boland, George D. Yancopoulos
  • Visualization of the periovulatory follicle: morphological and vascular events / Ulf J. Zackrisson, Masato M. Mikuni, Mats Brännström
  • Inhibins, activins, and estrogens: roles in the ovulatory sequence / Jock K. Findlay ... [et al.]
  • Prostaglandins and ovulation: from indomethacin to PGHS-2 knockout / Jean Sirois ... [et al.]
  • Pt. 5. Putative periovulatory intraovarian messengers/facilitators
  • White blood cells: active participants in the ovulatory cascade / Mats Brännström, Eva Runesson
  • Ovarian nitric oxide: a modulator of ovulation and oocyte maturation / Lisa M. Olson, Albina Jablonka-Shariff, Angeline N. Beltos
  • Oxidants and antioxidants in follicle/oocyte function / Harold R. Behrman ... [et al.]
  • Periovulatory changes in ovarian metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPS) following indomethacin treatment / Thomas E. Curry, Jr. ... [et al.]
  • Expression and function of CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins (C/EBPs) in the ovary / Esta Sterneck, Peter F. Johnson
  • Pt. 6. Clinical frontiers
  • Designer gonadotropins and receptors: the prospect of recombinant technology / David Puett, Prema Narayan
  • Triggering ovulation with GnRH analogs / Shahar Kol, Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor
  • Closing comments: ovulation from 1672 to 1998 / Gilbert S. Greenwald.