Increased Oocyte Production after Acupuncture Treatment during Superovulation Process in Mice

Journal of Reproduction and Contraception

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-44

  JIN, Chun lan ^a   Tohya, Kazuo ^b   Kuribayashi, Koichi ^b   Kimura, Michio ^b   Hirao, Yuki hisa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

acupuncture; egg production; FSH R expression; ovarian response; superovulation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 71649111462     PISSN: 10017844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-7844(09)60005-5     Document Type: Article

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