Ultrastructural changes in granulosa cells and plasma steroid levels after administration of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in the Western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-367

  Al Kindi, A Y ^a   Mahmoud, I Y ^a   Woller, M J ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; LHRH; Western painted turtle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MITOCHONDRION; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; RIBOSOME; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TURTLE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034864935     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.2001.0188     Document Type: Article

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