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1 online resource (vi, 235 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Brief description of the histological, cytological and functional aspects of the ovary / María Luisa Escobar, Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Embryonic development of the ovary, sexual reproduction and meiosis / Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, María Luisa Escobar, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Development of the ovary in the embryo, infancy, childhood, pre-puberty and puberty / Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin [and others] -- Apoptosis / María Luisa Escobar, Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Autophagy / María Luisa Escobar, Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Oncosis / María Luisa Escobar, Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Necrosis / Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, María Luisa Escobar, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Programmed cell death in fetal oocytes / Francesca Gioia Klinger and Massimo De Felici -- DNA damage and apoptosis in fetal and ovarian reserve oocytes / Massimo De Felici and Francesca Gioia Klinger -- Prefollicular cells / María Luisa Escobar, Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Prepubertal oocytes / Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, María Luisa Escobar, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Follicular cells / María Luisa Escobar, Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Follicular atresia in adult animals / Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, María Luisa Escobar, and Olga M. Echeverría -- Luteolysis / Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, María Luisa Escobar, and Olga M. Echeverría |
| Summary |
The ovary is a suitable organ for studying the processes of cell death. Cell death was first described in the rabbit ovary (Graaffian follicles), the phenomenon being called 'chromatolysis'. To date, it is recognized that various forms of cell death (programmed cell death, apoptosis and autophagy) are essential components of ovarian development and function. Programmed cell death is responsable for the ovarian endowment of primordial follicles around birth; in the prepuberal and adult period, apoptosis is a basic mechanism by which oocytes are eliminated by cancer therapies and environmental t |
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voortplantingsorganen |
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reproductive organs |
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geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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biomedische wetenschappen |
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biomedicine |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cell death.
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Ovaries.
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Mammals.
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Cell Death
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Mammals
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Oocytes -- cytology
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Ovary -- physiology
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Ovary
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Mammalia (class)
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Mammals
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Cell death
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Ovaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vázquez Nin, Gerardo.
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| ISBN |
9789400711341 |
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9400711344 |
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