The Ovary, 2nd Edition

Key Features

* Addresses all phases of the ovarian life cycle
* New information includes the latest developments
in ovarian surface epithelium
* Contains 38 in-depth chapters

Description

This second edition of The Ovary incorporates the dramatic research developments regarding the ovarian life cycle within the past decade.
It looks at ovarian function from a detailed molecular and cellular level. The updated chapters, along with the new material, represent an unparalleled compilation of chapters relevant to contemporary ovarian physiology. The book is divided into 8 sections: The Ovarian Follicular Apparatus: Operational Characteristics; Oocyte Maturation and Ovulation; The Corpus Luteum; Putative Intraovarian Regulators; Cyclic Ovarian Cell Death; Novel Experimental Models; Human Ovarian Pathophysiology: Select Aspects; and Human Ovarian Surface Epithelium and Neoplasia.

Readership

Reproductive endocrinologists, physiologists, cell and molecular biologists, fertility/infertility specialists, as well as obstetriticans and gynocologists.

The Ovary, 2nd Edition

Neural and Neurotrophic Control of Ovarian Development
Dynamics of Human Follicular Growth: Morphologic, Dynamic and Functional Aspects
Dynamics of Primate Follicular Growth: A Physiologic Perspective
Functional Consequences of Mutations and Polymorphisms in Gonadotropin and Gonadotropin Receptor Genes
The Regulation of Gonadotropin Receptor in the Ovary
Prostaglandin Biosynthesis and Action in the Ovary
Actions of Insulin IGF-I on sterol-metabolizing Gene Expression in Ovarian Cells
Intracellular Cholesterol Dynamics in Steroidogenic Cells
Regulation of Mammalian Oocyte Maturation
Oocyte-Granulosa Cell Interactions
Ovulation: An Inflammatory Cascade of Gene Expression
The Function and Regulation of Cell Populations Composing
The Corpus Luteum of the Ovarian Cycle
Luteinization
The Corpus Luteum of Pregnancy
Potential Role of Cytokines in Ovarian Physiology: The Case for Interleukin-1
Activin, Inhibin and Follistatin in Ovarian Physiology
GnRH as an Autocrine Regulator in the Human Ovary
Ovarian Angiogenesis
Apoptosis in Ovarian Development, Function and Failure
Reactive Oxygen Species and Ovarian Function
Follicle Selection in Mammalian Ovaries: Regulatory Mechanisms of Granulosa Cell Apoptosis during Follicular Atresia
Generation and Application of Ovarian Steroidogenic Cell Lines
The Application of Gene Ablation and Related Technologies to the Study of Ovarian Function
Bioinformatic Analysis of Ovarian Genes Using an Ovary-Specific Database
Human Ovarian Pathophysiology: Select Aspects
Gonadotropin Ovulation Induction
The Role of GnRH Antagonists in Supporting Ovarian Hyperstimulation
The Ovarian Factor in Assisted Reproductive Technology
Ovarian Function in Assisted Reproduction
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
The Role of the Ovary in the Genesis of Hyperandrogenism
Luteal Dysfunction
Germ Cell Failure and Ovarian Resistance: Human Genes and Disorders
Ovarian Function and Survival of Patients with Cervical Carcinoma Treated with Radical Hysterectomy and Ovarian Transposition
Role of Mitochondria in the Aging Ovary
Development & Differentiation of Ovarian Surface Epithelium: Cues for the Basis of its Malignant Potential
Molecular Mechanisms of Ovarian Neoplastic Progression
Ovarian Carcinogenesis
The Role of X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein in Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer