Melatonin prevents postovulatory oocyte aging in the mouse and extends the window for optimal fertilization in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lord, Tessa ^a   Nixon, Brett ^a   Jones, Keith T ^b   Aitken, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Assisted reproductive technology; Embryo culture; Fertilization; Melatonin; Mitochondria; Oocyte; Oocyte aging; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; MELATONIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CAFFEINE; CELL AGING; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84877029464     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.106450     Document Type: Article

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