Chronic intermittent cold stress activates ovarian sympathetic nerves and modifies ovarian follicular development in the rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2038-2043

  Arancibia, S ^b   Fiedler, J L ^a   Lara, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ovary; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THECA CELL;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0037837116     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008318     Document Type: Article

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