Involvement of catecholamines in the regulation of oocyte maturation in frogs

Zygote

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-281

  Ramos, Inés ^a,b   Cisint, Susana ^a   Crespo, Claudia A ^a   Medina, Marcela F ^a   Fernández, Silvia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amphibian; Catecholamines; Nuclear maturation; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARY;

EID: 0036691937     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199402002356     Document Type: Article

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