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Ovarian Follicle

Known as: Ovarian Follicles, Follicle of ovary viewed macroscopically, Follicle, Ovarian 
An OOCYTE-containing structure in the cortex of the OVARY. The oocyte is enclosed by a layer of GRANULOSA CELLS providing a nourishing… 
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Narrower (3)

Atretic FollicleFollicular FluidGraafian Follicle
Blood supply aspectsFollicular cell of ovaryLarge Luteal CellsMicrobiological

Broader (2)

Female internal genitalia structureFollicle

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Ovarian follicle growth, maturation, and ovulation in teleost fish
Knowledge of ovarian follicle growth, maturation, and ovulation in teleosts is important to many aspects of basic and biomedical… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Foxl2 disruption causes mouse ovarian failure by pervasive blockage of follicle development.
FOXL2 mutations cause gonadal dysgenesis or premature ovarian failure (POF) in women, as well as eyelid/forehead dysmorphology in… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
FIGalpha, a germ cell-specific transcription factor required for ovarian follicle formation.
Primordial follicles are formed perinatally in mammalian ovaries and at birth represent the lifetime complement of germ cells… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Ontogeny of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene expression in isolated human ovarian follicles.
FSH stimulates antral follicles to grow, but its role in earlier stages, if any, is obscure. Our aim was to determine the… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Selection of the dominant follicle in cattle.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Ovarian follicle atresia: a hormonally controlled apoptotic process.
GREATER THAN 99% of ovarian follicles undergo a degenerative process called atresia during reproductive life. Extending earlier… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Involvement of apoptosis in ovarian follicular atresia and postovulatory regression.
In the ovary, greater than 99% of the follicles present at birth are destined to degenerate during life. In humans, less than 400… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Inhibins, activins, and follistatins: gonadal proteins modulating the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone.
The endocrine system displays highly complex interactions among its components. Excesses or deficiencies of hormone production in… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Determinants of ovarian cancer risk. II. Inferences regarding pathogenesis.
Entrapment of surface epithelium within the ovarian stroma was proposed as an initial event in the pathogenesis of… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Ovarian follicular development in the rat: hormone receptor regulation by estradiol, follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone.
The effects of estradiol, FSH and LH on ovarian follicular development and granulosa cell differentiation were examined in the… 
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