Assessment of oocyte quality following repeated gonadotropin stimulation in the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 812-821

  Combelles, Catherine M H ^a   Albertini, David F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Meiosis; Oocyte development; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HORMONE ACTION; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL RESORPTION; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037371615     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008656     Document Type: Article

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