Follicle and oocyte morphology in ewes after treatment with insulin in the late follicular phase

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 817-828

  Scherzer, J ^a   Ghuman, S P S ^a   Pope, M ^a   Routly, J E ^a   Walter, I ^b   Smith, R F ^a   Dobson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Estradiol; Insulin; LH; Oocyte; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOSA CELL; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; SHEEP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 59649088236     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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