Sympathetic pharmacological denervation in ageing rats: Effects on ovulatory response and follicular population

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 954-960

  Chávez Genaro, Rebeca ^a   Lombide, Paula ^a,b   Domínguez, Roberto ^c   Rosas, Patricia ^c   Vázquez Cuevas, Francisco ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b Faculty of Sciences   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Follicular atresia; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; GUANETHIDINE; NORADRENALIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; GUANETHIDINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 35648993110     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07075     Document Type: Article

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