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Peter Smith AgResearch Invermay, Department of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Robinson Research Institute, Puddle Alley, Mosgiel 9053, New Zealand
AgResearch Invermay, Department of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Robinson Research Institute, Puddle Alley, Mosgiel 9053, New Zealand

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Dagmar Wilhelm AgResearch Invermay, Department of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Robinson Research Institute, Puddle Alley, Mosgiel 9053, New Zealand

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Raymond J Rodgers AgResearch Invermay, Department of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Robinson Research Institute, Puddle Alley, Mosgiel 9053, New Zealand

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important implications for human health and the livestock industry. With respect to the ovary, pre-natal exposure to contaminants has been implicated in human polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the leading cause of anovulatory infertility in women, as well as

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Hen Prizant Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Human Reproduction, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, PO Box 693, Rochester, New York 14642, USA

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Norbert Gleicher Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Human Reproduction, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, PO Box 693, Rochester, New York 14642, USA

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Aritro Sen Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Human Reproduction, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, PO Box 693, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Human Reproduction, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, PO Box 693, Rochester, New York 14642, USA

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enhances follicular development and dysfunctional formation of antral follicles leading to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), low androgen levels may be associated with abnormalities of follicular growth, low functional ovarian reserve (LFOR) and primary

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V Squicciarini Center for Neurobiochemical Studies in Endocrine Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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R Riquelme Center for Neurobiochemical Studies in Endocrine Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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K Wilsterman Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

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G E Bentley Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

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H E Lara Center for Neurobiochemical Studies in Endocrine Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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Introduction RFamide-related peptide (also known as gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone, GnIH) is a neuropeptide that is present in human brain and gonads and is known to act on human ovary ( Tsutsui et al . 2007 , Tsutsui 2009 , Ubuka et al

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Daniela Fernandois Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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Gonzalo Cruz Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

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Eun Kyung Na Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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Hernán E Lara Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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Alfonso H Paredes Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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Introduction Previous work has demonstrated that during the subfertility period in rats, the content of norepinephrine in the ovary increases ( Chavez-Genaro et al . 2007 , Acuna et al . 2009 ), which is accompanied by an increase in the

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Federica Innocenti DAHFMO, Unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Lidia Cerquetti Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Serena Pezzilli Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Barbara Bucci S. Pietro Hospital Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy

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Vincenzo Toscano Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Rita Canipari DAHFMO, Unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Antonio Stigliano Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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and killed at the end of treatment by cervical dislocation. All animal procedures were approved by the Local Ethics Committee for Animal Research. The ovaries were quickly removed, fixed in Bouin’s liquid (for morphological evaluation) or 4

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Yi Luan Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Maxwell E Edmonds Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Teresa K Woodruff Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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So-Youn Kim Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Olson Center for Women’s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985860 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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Introduction In the mammalian ovary, the primordial follicle is a non-growing, non-dividing oocyte surrounded by squamous granulosa cells that are not yet steroidogenic. The number of primordial follicles is established at birth and forms the

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Christopher A Price Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Centre de recherche en reproduction animale, University of Montreal, 3200 rue Sicotte, St‐Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada J2S 7C6

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et al . 2012 ). The expression of some FGF family members in the ovary is tissue specific and others are widely expressed; for example, FGF7 is expressed in theca cells but not granulosa cells or oocytes ( Parrott et al . 1994 ), whereas FGFR2 is

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Antonella Rosario Ramona Cáceres Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Ovárica, Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo (IMBECU – CONICET Mendoza), Mendoza, Argentina
Facultad de Ingeniería y Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina

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Fiorella Campo Verde Arboccó Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Ovárica, Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo (IMBECU – CONICET Mendoza), Mendoza, Argentina

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María de los Ángeles Sanhueza Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Ovárica, Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo (IMBECU – CONICET Mendoza), Mendoza, Argentina

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Daniela Alejandra Cardone Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Ovárica, Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo (IMBECU – CONICET Mendoza), Mendoza, Argentina

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Graciela Beatriz Rodriguez Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina

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Marilina Casais Laboratorio de Biología de la Reproducción (LABIR), Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina

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Adriana Soledad Vega Orozco Laboratorio de Biología de la Reproducción (LABIR), Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina

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Myriam Raquel Laconi Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Ovárica, Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo (IMBECU – CONICET Mendoza), Mendoza, Argentina
Facultad de Ingeniería y Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina

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) works as a neural communication link between the central nervous system (CNS) and the ovaries ( Gerendai et al. 2005 , 2009 ), with considerable plasticity during the estrous cycle ( Robins et al. 1992 , Morán et al. 2005 ). The ovarian

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Giselle Adriana Abruzzese Laboratorio de Fisio-Patología Ovárica, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Maria Florencia Heber Laboratorio de Fisio-Patología Ovárica, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Silvana Rocío Ferreira Laboratorio de Fisio-Patología Ovárica, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

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María José Ferrer Laboratorio de Fisio-Patología Ovárica, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Alicia Beatriz Motta Laboratorio de Fisio-Patología Ovárica, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

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several species, that prenatal androgen excess can program metabolic, endocrine and reproductive disturbances at postnatal life, and lead to the development of phenotypes that resemble the features of human polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) ( Padmanabhan

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Michael W Pankhurst Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Rebecca L Kelley School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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Rachel L Sanders Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Savana R Woodcock Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Dorothy E Oorschot Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Brain Health Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Nicola J Batchelor Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Introduction Mammalian ovaries are endowed with a finite number of oocytes during early development. The dormant oocytes are encapsulated by pre-granulosa cells in structures known as primordial follicles. Primordial follicles are released

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