[en] A morphometrical study of gap junctions has been realized in rat antral follicle after an injection of 20 I. U. of hCG. A clear and rapid reduction of the gap junctions number and of the membranous surface they are occupying has been demonstrated whatever the follicle region one consider. The significance of those gap junction modifications is discussed with respect to resumption of meiotic maturation.
Disciplines :
Reproductive medicine (gynecology, andrology, obstetrics)
Author, co-author :
Raick, D.
Dehan, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Baeckeland, E.
Language :
French
Title :
Action de l'hormone chorionique gonadotrope sur le reseau de jonctions permeables (gap junctions) existant dans les follicules antraux de rat.
Alternative titles :
[en] Action of the chorionic gonadotropin hormone on the gap junctions network in the antral follicles of rat
Publication date :
1987
Journal title :
Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie et de ses Filiales