Variation with age in the numbers of ovulated ova and follicles of Wistar-Imamichi adult rats superovulated with eCG-hCG

Experimental Animals

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-48

  Kagabu, Satosi ^a   Umezu, Motoaki ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follicle; Ovulation; Rat; Superovulation; Variation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; GONATROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SUPEROVULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644810570     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: 13411357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.55.45     Document Type: Article

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