Ovulation : evolving scientific and clinical concepts /
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2000]
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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.