Proliferative activity of preovulatory follicles and newly formed corpora lutea in cycling rats from late prooestrus to early oestrus

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-430

  Gaytán, Francisco ^a,b   Bellido, Carmen ^a   Morales, Concepción ^a   Aguilar, Enrique ^a   Sánchez Criado, José Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Cordoba   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Ovary

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030711697     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297002768     Document Type: Article

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