Control of ovulation : proceedings of the Conference held at Endicott House, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1960 / / edited by Claude A. Villee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136575903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, [England] : , : Pergamon Press, , 1961; ©1961
• ISBN: 0-08-013650-8; 1-4831-3747-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 599.0166
• Soggetti: Ovulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Control of Ovulation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1. THE ROLE OF THE PITUITARY GONADOTROPINS IN INDUCTION OF OVULATION IN THE HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED RAT; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 2. FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT, OVULAR MATURATION AND OVULATION IN OVARIAN TISSUE TRANSPLANTED TO THE EYE; MATERIALS AND METHODS; MORPHOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS; THE RATE OF FORMATION OF MATURING FOLLICLES; THE FERTILITY OF FOLLICULAR OVA FROM OVARIAN TRANSPLANTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 3. THE ROLE OF STEROIDS IN THE CONTROL OF MAMMALIAN OVULATIONREFERENCES; DISCUSSIONS; CHAPTER 4. THE PITUITARY STALK AND OVULATION; FOLLICULAR GROWTH; FOLLICULAR RUPTURE-OVULATION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND HORMONES INFLUENCING OVULATION; INTRODUCTION; STIMULATION-LESION EXPERIMENTS; THE ANATOMICAL SUBSTRATE; AFTERREACTION TO COITUS; FEED-BACK HYPOTHESIS; THRESHOLDS OF EEG AROUSAL AND EEG AFTERREACTION; EFFECTS OF PROGESTERONE; EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN, LOW DOSAGE; EFFECTS OF HIGH DOSAGES OF ESTROGEN OR TESTOSTERONE; EFFECTS OF CERTAIN PITUITARY AND PLACENTAL HORMONESEFFECTS OF THE NEW PROGESTOGENS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 6. THE PREOPTIC REGION OF THE BRAIN AND ITS RELATION TO OVULATION; METHODS; EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; COMMENT ADDED IN PROOF; REFERENCES; DISCUSSIONS; CHAPTER 7. MECHANISMS CONTROLLING OVULATION OF AVIAN AND MAMMALIAN FOLLICLES; DISCUSSION; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSIONS; CHAPTER 8. OVULATION IN THE DOMESTIC FOWL; FOLLICULAR-PITUITARY RELATIONSHIPS; NERVOUS CONTROL OF OIH RELEASE; HYPOTHESES OF THE OVULATION CYCLE; REFERENCESCHAPTER 9. HORMONAL AUGMENTATION OF FERTILITY IN SHEEP AND CATTLE; INTRODUCTION; NORMAL REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS; OVULATION AND HEAT IN ANESTRUS; OVULATION IN THE BREEDING SEASON; AFTER REMOVAL OF THE CORPUS LUTEUM; AFTER REGRESSION OF THE CORPUS LUTEUM; AFTER PROGESTERONE TREATMENT; OVULATION BEFORE PUBERTY; OTHER POSSIBILITIES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; DISCUSSIONS; CHAPTER 10. THE INDUCTION OF OVULATION IN THE HUMAN BY HUMAN PITUITARY GONADOTROPIN; SUBJECTS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; DISCUSSIONS; CHAPTER 11. FACTORS INFLUENCING OVULATION AND ATRESIA OF OVARIAN FOLLICLESSUMMARY; REFERENCES; DISCUSSIONS; CHAPTER 12. INHIBITION OF OVULATION IN THE HUMAN; I. AUTOGENOUS INHIBITION OF OVULATION; II. EXOGENOUS INHIBITION OF OVULATION; III. INHIBITION OF OVULATION BY THE 19-NOR STEROIDS; IV. FERTILITY CONTROL WITH ENOVID; V. OTHER EFFECTS OF ENOVID; VI. EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM USE OF ENOVID; COMMENT; REFERENCES; DISCUSSIONS; SUBJECT INDEX