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Molecular Reproduction & Development Volume 80, Issue 11, November 2013 Cover Image
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
molecular reproduction and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.745
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1098-2795
pISSN - 1040-452X
DOI - 10.1002/mrd.22102
Subject(s) - phodopus , biology , follicular phase , antral follicle , ovary , reproduction , endocrinology , medicine , immunostaining , photoperiodism , andrology , hamster , immunohistochemistry , ecology , immunology , horticulture
In many seasonally breeding individuals, changes in photoperiod exposure regulate gonadal function. Shahed and Young (this issue) examined mRNA and protein levels of inhibin‐α and other follicular growth factors in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) to better understand how quiescent ovaries can rapidly return to function during photostimulated recrudescence. Immunostaining for inhibin‐α declines in regressed ovaries (upper tissue section, red stain), and peaks in granulosa cells of preantral and antral follicles during ovarian recrudescence (lower tissue section).