Intraovarian Control Mechanisms

Maturation, Morphology, and Endocrine Function of the Ovarian Follicle.- Role of Ovarian Inhibin (Folliculostatin) in Regulating FSH Secretion in the Female Rat.- Purification, Characterization, and In Vitro Production of Inhibin.- Hormonal Control of Inhibin Secretion.- Characteristics of Inhibin: A Comparative Study Using Bull and Human Seminal Fluids and Porcine Follicular Fluid.- Partial Purification of Porcine Follicular Fluid Gonadostatin.- Purification of Gonadostatin from Bovine Seminal Plasma (BSP).- Properties of Follicle Stimulating Hormone Binding Inhibitors Found in Physiological Fluids.- Oocyte Maturation Inhibitor: A 1981 Perspective.- Meiotic Arresting Substance Separated from Porcine Ovarian Granulosa Cells and Hypothetical Arresting Mechanism of Meiosis.- Role of Cumulus Cells in Oocyte Maturation.- Actions of Hormones and Other Factors Upon Oocyte Maturation.- Intraovarian Actions of GnRH.- Regulation of Ovarian Granulosa and Luteal Cell Functions by Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone and Its Antagonist.- LH-Binding Inhibitors from the Corpus Luteum.- Characterization of LH/hCG Receptor Binding Inhibitor in Corpora Lutea of Human and Sheep Ovaries.- Regulation of Cholesterol Acquisition and Utilization in the Corpus Luteum.- Some Observations that May Pertain to Structure-Function Relationships of hCG?.- Stimulation of Granulosa Cell Maturation by Follicular Fluid.- Intraovarian Regulation of Granulosa-Cell Replication.- Comparison of Granulosa and Sertoli Cells at Various Stages of Maturation: Similarities and Differences.- List of Contributors.- Author Index.