Title | Ultrastructure of the Ovary [electronic resource] / edited by Giuseppe Familiari, Sayoko Makabe, Pietro M. Motta |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1991 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3944-5 |
Descript | XIII, 327 p. online resource |
1. Migration of germ cells, development of the ovary, and folliculogenesis -- 2. Maturation of the human oocyte -- 3. Expansion of the cumulus-oocyte complex during the preovulatory period: Possible roles in oocyte maturation, ovulation, and fertilization -- 4. Structure and function of the zona pellucida -- 5. Quantitative analysis of the membrana granulosa in developing and ovulatory follicles -- 6. Digital image analysis studies of folliculogenesis and oogenesis in mammals -- 7. Modulation of granulosa cell ultrastructure during differentiation: The role of the cytoskeleton -- 8. Ultrastructure and functional development of the theca interna -- 9. Muscular apparatus of the ovarian follicle -- 10. Ultrastructure of the ovulatory process -- 11. Ultrastructural dynamics during corpus luteum development and growth -- 12. Relaxin and other luteal secretory peptides: Cell localization and function in the ovary -- 13. Interstitial cells -- 14. Ultrastructure and immunocytochemical aspects of steroid-synthesizing and secretory cells with special reference to the mechanism of estrogen biosynthesis -- 15. Microvasculature of the ovary -- 16. Innervation of the ovary -- 17. Follicular atresia -- 18. Biopathology of ovarian mesothelium -- 19. Culture of ovarian tissues