Oocytes grow within follicles, which consist of an oocyte and the surrounding granulosa cells. Communication (crosstalk) ...

In this procedure, injectable fertility drugs (called gonadotropins) are used to stimulate the ovaries to recruit and mature multiple follicles that each contain an oocyte (egg). Most women will take ...

Oocytes are a few dozen micrometers in diameter and are individually wrapped in layers of specialized cells that form a follicle that supports the developing egg. “[The ovary] dictates the future of ...

A/C: Ratio affected ovary:contralateral ovary; AFC: Antral follicle count ... endometrioma infertility is associated with a decreased oocyte retrieval rate and reduced oocyte quality, but is ...

Women are born with a fixed number of eggs (oocytes) in their ovaries ... organs for conditions that may be affecting fertility and to determine the number of follicles in the ovaries (antral follicle ...

Mice null for this protein are viable, but female mice are infertile because of complete failure of mature follicles to release the oocyte at ovulation. In contrast, luteinization proceeds ...