In vitro developmental potential of macaque oocytes, derived from unstimulated ovaries, following maturation in the presence of glutathione ethyl ester

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2465-2474

  Curnow, E C ^a,b,c   Ryan, J P ^b,c   Saunders, D M ^b   Hayes, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c IVFAustralia   (Australia)

Author keywords

male pronucleus formation; oocyte glutathione; oxidative stress; primate oocyte maturation; spindle morphology

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE ETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MACACA; METAPHASE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; SPINDLE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; ZYGOTE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77956919262     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq225     Document Type: Article

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