Psalti, I.
Loumaye, E.
Rahier, Jacques
[UCL]
Haumont, Stanislas
[UCL]
Thomas, Karl
[UCL]
During pregnancy in mice, three groups of corpora lutea (CL) originating from 4 successive ovulatory cycles could be distinguished taking into account their size, cellular structure and stain affinity. Type I CL originated at the onset of pregnancy, type II CL originated during the 2 previous estrous cycles and type III CL were produced during a cycle preceding the two others. CL volume of type I increased 10-fold between day 0 and day 18.5, a 2.5-fold increase in volume occurred in type II CL between day 0 and day 3, although they derived from cycles preceding pregnancy. The volume of type III remained unchanged. This fact suggested that types I and II CL probably play a functional role in the ongoing pregnancy. After day 10 of pregnancy a high correlation coefficient (r = 0.933) is observed between type I CL and the number of embryos in the corresponding uterine horn.
Bibliographic reference |
Psalti, I. ; Loumaye, E. ; Rahier, Jacques ; Haumont, Stanislas ; Thomas, Karl. Evolution of NMRI mice ovaries and corpora lutea during pregnancy: morphologic and morphometric study.. In: Gynecologic and obstetric investigation, Vol. 26, no. 4, p. 281-8 (1988) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/14021 |