Unilateral or bilateral vagotomy induces ovulation in both ovaries of rats with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Linares, Rosa ^a   Hernández, Denisse ^a   Morán, Carolina ^b   Chavira, Roberto ^c   Cárdenas, Mario ^c   Domínguez, Roberto ^a   Morales Ledesma, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ovarian innervation; Ovulation; Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS); Vagotomy; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROESTRUS; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SYNAPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OVARY; OVULATION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; RATS; STEROIDS; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84880184330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-68     Document Type: Article

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