Current bibliographic index of mammalian reproduction LXXVIII

CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHIC INDEX OF MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION LXXVIII Julius S. Greenstein,

Ph.D.

Dean, School of Mathematics & Natural Sciences Shippensburg State College Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 17257

ASSAY & ANALYSIS SUBUNITS OF HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN AND THEIR RADIOIMMUNOASSAYS. Y. Ashitaka, R. Nishimura, Y. Endoh, and S. Tojo. Endocrinol. Japon. 21(S): 429, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Kobe Univ. Sch. Med., Kobe 650, Japan) DETERMINATION BY RADIOIMMUNOASSAY OF THE LUTEINIZING HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE (LHRH) CONTENT OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS OF THE RAT AND SOME LONERVERTEBRATES. D.J. Deery. Gen. & Camp. Endocr. 24: 280, 1974. (Wellcome Reag. Ltd., Wellcome Res. Labs., Langley Ct., Beckenham, Kent, U.K.) IMMUNOLOGICAL SPECIFICITY OF THE B SUBUNIT OF THE HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (HCG). J. Dolais-Kitabgi, M. Laburthe, and G. Rosselin. Horn. Metab. Res. 6: 527, 1974. (INSERM, U55, Hop. St.-Antoine, Paris Cedex 12, France) SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF UNBOUND TESTOSTERONE AND ESTRADIOL FRACTIONS IN UNDILUTED PLASMA AT 37OC BY STEADY-STATE GEL FILTRATION. R.A. Fisher and D.C. Anderson. Steroids 24(6): 809, 1974. (Dept. Chem. Pathol., St. Bartholomew's Hosp., London ECl, England) CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL VALIDATION OF A RADIOIMMUNOASSAY FOR PLASMA TESTOSTERONE IN THE MALE RAT. A.I. Frankel, E.J. Mock, W.W. Wright, and F. Kamel. Steroids 25(l): 73, 1975. (Dept. Biol. Scis., SUNY, Binghamton, N.Y. 13901) UNCONJUGATED STEROIDS IN THE HUMAN ENDOMBTRIUM. R. Guerrero, B.-M. Landgren, R. Montiel, Z. Cekan, and E. Diczfalusy. Contraception 11(Z): 169, 1975. (Swedish Med. Council, Reprod. Endocr. Res. Unit, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden) PRELIMINARY CHARACTF.RIZATION OF A BINDING PROTEIN FOR ANDROGEN IN RABBIT SERUM. COMPARISON WITH THE TESTOSTERONE-BINDING GLOBULIN (TeBG) IN HUMAN SERUM. V. Hansson, E.M. Ritzen, S.C. Weddington, W.S. McLean, D.J. Tindall, S.N. Nayfeh, and F.S. French. Endocrinology 95(3): 690, 1974. (Inst. Pathol., Rikshosp., Oslo, Norway) RADIOIMMUNOASSAY OF RHESUS MONKEY CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN. W. Hobson, C. Faiman, W.J. Dougherty, F.I. Reyes, and J.S.D. Winter. Fertil. & Steril. 26(l): 93, 1975. (Intemat. Ctr. Exptl. Safety, ,Albany Med. Coll., P.O. Box 1027, Holloman AFB, New Mexico 88330) A RAPID RELIABLE METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATION OF PREGNANEDIOL IN HUMAN URINE. H.O. Hoppen and R. Knuppen. J. Steroid Biochem. 5: 659, 1974. (Abt. Biochw. Endokr. Med. Hochsch. LUbeck, Germany) COMPARISON OF DEXTRAN-COATED CHARCOAL AND AMMONIUM SULFATE IN THE RADIOIMMUNOASSAY OF ESTROGENS. S. Kushinsky and M. Anderson. Steroids 25(l): 145, 1975. (Rees-Stealy Clin. Res. Fdn., San Diego, Calif. 92101) RADI~RECEPTORASSAY 0F HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN As AN AID IN MINIABORTION. R. Landesman and B.B. Saxena. Fertil. & Steril. 25(12): 1022, 1974. (Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., New York, N.Y. 10021)

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BIOCHEMISTRY-METABOLISM ISOLATION OF ISOHORMONES OF HUMAN PROLACTIN FROM AMNIOTIC FLUID. M. Ben-David and A. Chrambach. Endocr. Res. Coaun. l(2): 193, 1974. (Dept. Pharmacol., Hebrew Univ. Hadassah Med. Sch., Jerusalem, Israel) PROSTATIC INVOLUTION: EFFECT ON ANDROGEN RECEPTORS AND INTRACELLULAR ANDROGEN TRANSPORT. N. Bruchovsky and S. Craven. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Conrm. 62(4): 837, 1975. (Dept. Med., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) TECHNIQUE FOR THE PURIFICATION OF HUMAN PITUITARY FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE. W.R. Butt and S.S. Lynch. Biochem. Sot. Trans. 2: 785, 1974. (Dept. Clin. Endocr., Birmingham & Midland Hosp., Birmingham, England) AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR EXHAUSTIVE PURIFICATION OF THE A AND B SUBUNITS OF HUMAN LUTEINIZING HORMONE. J. Closset, J-L. vandalem, and G. Hennen. Biochem. Sot. Trans. 2: 913, 1974. (Sect. Endocr., Inst. Med., Univ. LiAge, Belgium) THE DISULPHIDE BRIDGES OF PORCINE LUTEINIZING HORMONE d SUBUNIT. Y. Combarnous and G. Hennen. Biochem. Sot. Trans. 2: 915, 1974. (As above) SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF LH-RH ANALOGS MODIFIED AT THE CARBOXYL TERMINUS. D.H. Coy, E.J. Coy, A.V. Schally, and J.A. Velchez-Martinez. J. Med. Chem. 18: 275, 1975. (Dept. Med., Tulane Univ. Sch. Med., New Orleans, ~a. 70112) STUDIES OF ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE BY K. Kochman, B. Kerdelhue, U. Zor, and M. Jutisz. FEBS DIFFEREN':' TISSUES Letters 50(2): 160, 1975. (Dept. Biodynam., Weizmann Inst. Sci., Rehovot, Israel) SYNTHESIS OF SOME STRUCTURAL ANALOGUES OF LH-RH MODIFIED IN POSITION 5, THEIR IN VIVO AND IN VITRO GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING ACTIVITY AND IMMUNOREACTIVITY. H. KUnzi, D. Gillessen, A. Trzeciak, R.O. Studer, B. Kerdelhue, M. Jutisz, and W. Lotz. Helv. Chim. Acta 57(7): 2131, 1974. (Chem. & Diagn. Res. Depts., F. Hoffmann-La Roche h Co., Ltd., CH-4002 Basle, Switzerland) OESTRADIOL-17p UPTAKE IN VITRO INTO THE NUCLEI OF ENDOMETRIUM FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE HLIMANUTERUS. C.B. Lunan and B. Green. Acta endocr. 78: 353, 1975. (Dept. Biochem., Univ. Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland) FATTY ACID INCORPORATIONS AND LIPID COMPOSITIONS OF MATURE AND IMMATURE BOVINE TESTES. A.R. Neil1 and C.J. Masters. Int. J. Biochem. 5: 137, 1974. (Anim. Res. Inst., Yerrongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland, 4105, Australia) BIOCONVERSION OF STEROIDS IN VITRO BY TESTES FROM AUTOIMMUNIZED RABBITS. E. Nowotny, R.D. Sananez, G. Nattero, C. Yentorno, and M.G. Faillaci. mSeyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 355: 716, 1974. (Lab. Cent.-Hosp. Nat. Clin., Santa Rosa 1564, C&doba, Argentina) OESTRADIOL UPTAKE AND RETENTION, AND HIGH-AFFINITY BINDING SITES IN CULTURED RABBIT UTERUS. S.L. Russell and G.H. Thomas. Biochem. J. 144: 99, 1974. (Dept. Anat., Univ. Birmingham, U.K.) OESTRADIOL-17p BINDING PROTEINS IN THE RAT UTERUS: CHANGES DURING POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT. G.J. Somjen, A.M. Kaye, and H.R. Lindner. Molec. h Cell. Endocr. 1: 341, 1974. (Dept. Biodynam., Weizmann Inst. Sci., Rehovot, Israel) ENDOGENOUS STEROID PRODUCTION IN CELLULAR AND SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS OF RAT TESTIS AFTER PROLONGED TREATMENT WITH GONADOTROPINS. G.J. Van Der Vusse, M.L. Kalkman, and H.J. Van Der Molen. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 380: 473, 1975. (Dept. Biochem., Med. Fat., Erasmus Univ., Rotterdam, The Netherlands) REGULATION OF STEROIDOGENESIS IN TESTIS. R. Vihko and A. Ruokonen. J. Steroid Biochem. 5: 843, 1974. (Dept. Clin. Chem., Univ. Oulu, Finland)

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MALE REPRODUCTION A NEW METHOD OF PROMOTING FERTILITY. R.D. Amelar. Obstet. Gynecol. 45(l): 56, 1975. (137 East 36th St., New York, N.Y, 10016) EFFECTS OF CHRONIC MORPHINE ADMINSTFATION ON THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF THB MALE RAT. T.J. Cicero, E.R. Meyer, W.G. Wiest, J.W. Olney, and R.D. Bell. J. Pharmacol. & Rxptl. Therap. 192(3): 542, 1975. (Dept. Psychiat., 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, MO. 63110) ACUTE MODULATION OF PITUITARY GONADOTROPHIN SECRETION BY OESTRADIOL OR TESTOSTERONE IN HEALTHY MEN. E.N. col,e, D.E.H. Llewelyn, J. Link, and A.R. Boyns. J. Endocr. 63: 251, 1974. (Tenovus Inst. Ca. Res., Welsh Nat. Sch. Med., Cardiff, Wales) TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR BEHAVIOUR OF THE SERUM LUTEINIZING HORMONE IN NORMAL MEN. R. D'Agata and P. Polosa. Ann. Endocr. Paris 35: 231, 1974. (Dept. Endocr., Univ. Catania, Italy) AN EFFECT OF CASTRATION ON THE TESTOSTERONE-LH RELATIONSHIP IN MALE RATS. J.M. Davidson, E.R. Smith, and D.A. Dsmassa. J. Reprod. Fert. 41: 197, 1974. (Dept. Physiol., Stanford Univ. Sch. Med., Calif. 94305) THE RELEATIONSHIP BETWEEN GERMINAL CELLS AND SERUM FSH LEVELS IN MALES WITH INFERTILITY. D.M. de Kretser, H.G. Burger, and B, Hudson. J. Clin. Endocr. Me. 38(5): 787, 1974. (Dept. Med., Monash Univ., Melbourne, Australia) VARICOCELECTOm AS THERAPY IN MALE INFERTILITY: A STUDY OF 504 CASES. L. Dubin and R.D. Amelar. Fertil. & Steril. 26(3): 217, 1975. (137 East 36th St., New York, N.Y. 10016) PLASMA TESTOSTERONE AND DIHYDROTESTCSTERONE IN MALE RATS DURING SEXUAL MATURATION AND FOLLOWING ORCHIDECTOMY AND EXPERIMENTAL BILATERAL CRYPTORCHIDISM. D. Gupta, J. Zarzycki, and K, Rager. Steroids 25(l): 33, 1975. (Dept. Diagn. Endocr., Univ. Children's Hosp., Univ. TUbingen, Germany) MALE INFERTILITY. W.F. Hendry. The Practitioner 214: 60, 1975. (Chelsea Hosp. Women, London, U.K.) CONTROL OF FRUCTOSE AND CITRATE SYNTHESIS IN GUINEA PIG SEMINAL VESICLE EPITHRLIUM. F.G. Prendergast and C.M. Veneeiale. 3. Biol. Chem. 250(4): 1282, 1975. (Dept. Endocr. Res., Mayo Clin. & Mayo Fdn., Rochester, Minn.) EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL BILATERAL CRYPTORCHIDISM AND CASTRATION ON THE PLASMA GONADOTROPINS IN MALE RATS DURING SEXUAL MATURATION. K. Rager, J. Zarzycki, M. Eichner, and D. Gupta. Res. exp. Med. 165: 55, 1975. (Dept. Diagn. Endocr., Univ. Children's Hosp., Univ. TUbingen, Germany) THE EFFECT OF EFFERENT DUCT LIGATION ON THE UPTAKE OF 65Zn BY THE EPIDIDYMIS AND VAS DEFERENS OF RHESUS MONKEYS (MACACA MULATTA). S.K. Roy, B.S. Setty, Acta endocr. 77: 186, 1974. (Div. Endocr., Cent. H. Chandra, and A.B. Km. Drug Res. Inst., Lucknow, India) THE PREPUTIAL GLAND OF THE MALB MOUSE. G. Rudall, R. Roudier, and Cl. Vives. Path. Biol. 22(10): 895, 1974. (Lab. Genet., Fdn. Curie, Inst. Radium, 75231 Paris, Cedex 05, France) INHIBITION OF RAT SPERMATOGENESIS AND SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE GROWTH AFTER SHORTTERM AND LONG-TERM ADMINISTRATION OF A MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR. R.L. Urry and K.A. Dougherty. Fertil. h Steril. 26(3): 232, 1975. (Div. Urol., Rochester Sch. Med. & Dent., N.Y. 14642) ALTERATIONS WITH AGE IN RAT SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE MONOAMINE OXIDASE ACTIVITY WHEN COMPARED WITH WHOLE TESTICULAR TISSUE. R.L. Urry, K.A. Dougherty, and L.C. Ellis. Proc. Sot. Exptl. Biol. & Med. 148: 805, 1975. (As above) EFFECT OF HUMAN URINARY FSH AND LH ON DEVELOPMENT OF SPERMATOGENESIS IN EUNUCHOID PATIENTS. 0. Vilar, A. Peres Lloret, P. Donini, R. Ponzio, and R.E. Mancini. Reproduction l(2): 187, 1974. (Dept. Histol., Cytol. & Embryol., Fat. Med., Paraguay 2155, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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FEMALE REPRODUCTION PLASMA LEVELS OF UNCONJUGATED ESTRONE, ESTRADIOL AND ESTRIOL AND OF HCS THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY IN NORMAL WOMEN. R. De Hertogh, K. Thomas, Y. Bietlot, I. Vanderheyden, and J. Ferin. .I.Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 40(l): 93, 1975. (Unit& Nutr. & Endocr., Clin. Univ. St. Pierre, 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium) THE EFFECT OF OESTRADIOL ON THE DNA SYNTHESIS IN NEONATAL MOUSE UTERUS AND CERVIX. A. Eide. Cell Tiss. Res. 156: 551, 1975. (Inst. Anat., Univ. Bergen, Norway ACCUMULATION OF 4H-ESTRADIOL IN THE VAGINAS AND PITUITARY GLANDS OF MICE CF INBRED STRAINS. W.U. Gardner and A.J. Eisenfeld. Proc. Sot. Exptl. ,Biol. & Med. 148: 909, 1975. (Dept. Anat., Yale Univ. Sch. Med., New Haven, Corm.) INFLUENCE OF PROSTAGIANDIN F AUTOANTIBODIES ON THE ESTROUS CYCLE OF THE GUINEA PIG. H.E. Hildebrandt-Stark, G.J. Marcus, K. Yoshinaga, H.R. Behrman, and R.O. Greep. Prostaglandins 9(Z): 231, 1975. (Lab. Hum. Reprod. & Reprod. Biol., Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, Mass. 02115) EFFECTS OF AGING ON BASAL LEVELS OF SERUM GONADCTROPINS, OVARIAN COMPENSATORY HYPERTROPHY, AND HYPERSECRRTION OF GONADOTROPINS AFTER OVARIECTOMY IN FEMALE RATS. B.E. Howland and C. Preiss. Fertil. h Steril. 26(3): 271, 1975. (Dept. Oral Biol., Univ. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., Canada) PLASMA OESTRADIOL RESPONSE TO SYNTHETIC FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE/LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE IN PATIENTS WITH SECONDARY AMENORRHORA. M. Katz and P.J. Carr. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Br. Cwlth. 81: 791, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Cape Town Med. Sch., South Africa) CONTINUING EDUCATION OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS IN FERTILITY MANAGEMEW. T.M. King, J. Stanley, L.S. Burnett, R.T. Burkman, D.D. Youngs, M.F. Atienza, and J.D. Woodruff. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 121(6): 829, 1975. (Johns Hopkins Hosp., Woman8 Clin., Baltimore, Md. 21205) LOG NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF GONADOTROPINS AND OVARIAN STEROID VALUES IN THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE. O.A. Kletzky. R.M. Nakamura. I.H. Thornevcroft. and D.R. Mishell, Jr. Am. J. Obstet:-Gynecol. 121(5j: 688, 1975.- (Women's Hosp., Los Angeles, Calif. 90033) URINARY CYCLIC AMP AND CYCLIC GMP EXCRETION DURING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE. M. Lebeau, J.E. Dumont, and J. Golstein. Harm. Metab. Res. 7: 190, 1975. (Inst. Res. Interdisc., Sch. Med., B-1000 Brussels, Belgium) INFERTILITY IN EWES CAUSED BY PROLONGED GRAZING ON OESTROGENIC PASTURES: OESTRUS, FERTILIZATION AND CERVICAL MUCUS. R.J. Lightfoot, J.F. Smith, I.A. Cunning, T. Marshall, R.H. Wroth, and H. Hearnshaw. Aust. 3. Biol. Sci. 27: 409, 1974. (Dept. Agric., South Perth, W.A. 6151, Australia) THE UTERINE CERVIX FROM ADOLESCENCE TO THE MENOPAUSE. A. Singer. Br. J Obstet. Gynaecol. 82(2): 81, 1975. (Univ. Dept. Ob. Gyn., Jessops: Women, Sheffield, U.K.) STUDIES ON OVINE INFERTILITY IN AGRICULTURAL REGIONS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: PLASMA PROGESTERONE LEVELS OF FERTILE AND INFERTILE EWES. J.F. Smith. Aust. 3. Biol. Sci. 28: 85, 1975. (Ruakura Anim. Res. Sta., Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand) CIRCULATING PROGESTERONE LEVELS IN ANOESTROUS SHEEP WITH SILICONE RUBBER PROGESTERONE IMPLANTS. A.M. Symons, N.F. Cunningham, N. Saba, and P.G. Miller. J. Reprod. Fert. 41: 475, 1974. (Dept. Biochem., Univ. Surrey, U.K.) MENARCHE, MENOPAUSE, AND INTERVENING FECUNDABILITY. A.E. Treloar. Hum. Biol. 46(l): 89, 1974. (Reprod. Res. Br., NICHHD, Bethesda, Md. 20014) DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF THE LH-RELEASING HORMONE STIMULATION TEST IN FUNCTIONAL AMENORRHEA. D. Vandekerckhove, M. Dhont, and J. Van Eyck. Acta endocr. 78: 625, 1975. (Dept. Gyn., Univ. Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)

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FEMALE REPRODUCTION SPECIFICITY OF THE CLIMACTERIC DEVELOPMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL ADIPOSITY. (In Russian) M.G. Arsenieva, O.N. Savchenko, and E.G. Sokolov. Obstet. Gy&col. (USSRj 1974(12): 25, 1974. (Inst. Ob..Gyn., AMH CCCP, Leningrad, USSR) CERVICECTOti WITH~Ul'EROVAGINAL ANASTOMOSIS IN THE RHESUS MONKEY: A NF,W SURGICAL MODEL FOR REPRODUCTIVE STUDIES. E. Azar and S.T. Shaw, Jr. JReprod. Fert. 42: 335, 1975. (P.O. Box 6360, Amman, Jordan) ACCURACY OF RECTAL PALPATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN FUNCTION IN THE COW. F.L.M. Dawson. Vet. Rec. 96: 218, 1975. (Vet. Invest. Ctr., Madlingley Rd., Cambridge, U.K.) CURATIVE AND PROPHYLACTIC IMPORTANCE OF VACUUM-STIMULATION OF THE UTERINE CERVIX AND AREOLAR REGIONS IN DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE HEMORRHAGES. (In Russian) A.M. Foy and S.M. Shvets. Obstet. Gynecol. (USSR) 1974(12): 12, 1974. VAGINAL OPENING AND VAGINAL EPITHELIUM FOLLOWING OVARIECTOMY IN NEWBORN RATS. G. Gitlin. Acta anat. 90: 117, 1974. (Dept. Anat., Hebrew Univ.-Hadassah Med. Sch., Jerusalem, Israel) LES INSUFFISANCES GONADIQUES DUES A‘L4 PROLACTINE. G. Kann, G. Strauch, and J.C. Valcke. La Nouvelle Presse Mgd. 4(9): 639, 1975. (Lab Physiol. Lact., CNRZ-INRA, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France) A LOOK AT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF INFERTILITY DUE TO CLOVER DISEASE IN SHEEP. R.J. Lightfoot. Proc. Aust. Sot, Anim. Prod. 10: 113, 1974. (Dept. Agric., South Perth, W.A. 6151, Australia) THE MECHANISM OF TEMPORARY INFERTILITY IN EWES GRAZING OESTROGENIC SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER PRIOR TO AND DURING JOINING. R.J. Lightfoot and R.H. Wroth. Proc. Amt. Sot. Anim. Prod. 10: 130, 1974. (As above) EFFECT OF LEGUME SPECIES ON EWE FERTILITY IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA. III. ESPERANCE. T. Marshall. P?oc. Aust. Sot. Anim. Prod. 10: 138, 1974. (As above) PROGESTERON UND OESTROGENE IM PERIPHEREN VENENBLUT W3iHREND DER INFUSION VON PROSTAGLANDIN F o( . H. Mickan, D. Berg, W. Hoffmnn, and J. Zander. Arch. 217: 363, 1974. (I. Frauenklin. & Hebammensch., Univ. Minchen, & D-8000 M&hen 2, Germany) EFFECT OF LEGUME SPECIES ON EWE FERTILITY IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA. I. BADGINGARRA. H.G. Neil, R.J. Lightfoot, and H.E. Fels. Proc. Aust. Sot. Anim. Prod. 10: 136, 1974. (Dept. Agric., South Perth, W.A., Australia) THE EFFECT OF NORETHINDRONE AND SOME OTHER SYNTHETIC GESTAGENS UPON THE PERIPHERAL PLASMA LEVELS OF PROGESTERONE AND ESTRADIOL DURING EARLY, HUMAN PREGNANCY. K-G. Nygren and E.D.B. Johansson. Acta Obstet. Gynec. Stand. 54: 57, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Hosp., Uppsala, Sweden) MENSTRUAL FUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH TROPHOBIAST DISEASE IN THEIR HISTORY. (In Russian) I.T. Patrikyan. Obstet. Gynecol. (USSR) 1974(12): 30, 1974. PULSED ENDOVAGINAL VIBRATION HYDROMASSAGE IN THE THERAPY OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES IMPLICATING INTERNAL GENITAL ORGANS. (In Russian) A.A. Radionchenko and V.P. Bolotova. Obstet. Gynecol. (USSR) 1974(12): 15, 1974. DICHLORVOS EFFECTS ON ESTROUS CYCLE ONSET IN THE RAT. E.H. Timnons, R.J. Chaklos, T.M. Bannister, and H.M. Kaplan. &ab. Anim. Sci. 25(l): 45, 1975. (Vivarium, So. Ill. Univ., Carbondale, Ill. 62901) EFFECT OF LEGUME SPECIES ON EWE FERTILITY IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA. II. BAKERS HILL. R.C. Rossiter and T. Marshall. Proc. Aust. Sot. Anim. Prod. 10: 137, 1974. (CSIRO, Div. Plant Ind., Private Bag, P.O., Wembley, W.A. 6014, Australia)

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OVULATION PROBLEMS CONCERNED WITH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY OF Ah'OWLATI0N AND DERANGED MENSTRUAL FUNCTION. (In Russian) V.I. Bodyazhina, M.L. Krpmskaya, and V.M. Strugatsky. obstet. Gynecol. (USSR) 1974(12): 1, 1974. THB EFFBCT OF MATING UPON LH RELEASE IN MALE AND FEMALE VOLES OF THE SPECIES MI&&PUS AGRESTIS. H.M. Charlton, F. Naftolin, M.C. Sood, and R.W. Worth. J, Re.&bd...Fert. 42: 167, 1975. (Dept. Hum. Anat., South Parks Road, oxford, U;K.) ELEC'FRICAI STIMULATION OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND LH RELEASE IN THE VOLE, MICR0TUS AGRESTIS. H.M. Charlton, F. Naftolin, M.C. Sood, and R.W. Worth. J..R&.&d. Fert. 42: 171, 1975. (As above) ANTI~TORY ACTIVITY OF SNYTHRTIC CORTICOIDS. G.R. Cunningham, E.M. Garperton, Jr., and J.W. Goldzieher. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 40: 265, 1975. (Dept. Med., V.A. Hosp., Houston, Texas 77031) THEORBTICAL SUBSTANTIATION, PROACTICAL POSSIBILITIES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR Obstet NON-HORMONAL ACTION ON THE PROCESS OF OVULATION. S.V. Davydov. A Gww&!l. (USSR) 1974(12): 8, 1974. uNfti?i&AL OVARIECTOMY: EFFECT ON LITTER SIZE AND UTERINE VESSELS IN MICE. D.S. Dhindsa and J. Metcalfe. Biol. Neonate 25: 151, 1974. (Dept. Med., Univ. Ore., Med. Sch., Portland, Ore.) CONGEtiRACI0N PiASdTICA DE ANDROGENOS DURANTE EL CICLO MENSTRUAL OVULATORIO. D. Lee-BeLiter, C. Ledn, C. Cervantes, A. Parra, M. GowAler-Diddi, R. Aanar, G. Merino, and J.A. BermLdez. Arch. Invest. Med. S(3): 567, 1974. (Hosp. Gineco-Obstet. #2, Cent. Med. Nat., IMSS, Apdo. 66-611, Mexico 12,DF.) ETUDE DU NOMBRE D'OVULATIONS APRES SUPEROVULATION INDUITE PAR PMSG CHEZ TROIS sbucif& 1 ~TTES ADULTR~. J.-C. Yariana. Ann. Biol. anim. Bioch. Biophys. 14(4;A): 623, 1974. (Sta. Physiol. Reprod., INRA, Nouzilly 37380, France) MATING 0WLATION AND CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION IN THE VOLE, MICROTUS AGRESTIS. S.R. Miiligan. J. Reprod. Fert. 42: 35, 1975. (Dept. Agric. Sci., Univ. Oxford, England) PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY: THE EFFECT OF ADRENALECTOMY ON PMS-INDUCED OVULATION AND PROGESTERONE SECRETION. J.A. Ramaley and D. Bartosik. Endocrinology 96(2): 269, 1975. (Dept. Physiol. h Biophys., Univ. Nebr. Med. Ctr., Omaha, Nebr. 68105) RELATI0NSHIP OF PLASMA LEVELS OF OESTRADIOL-17D AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE WITH OVULA'l?ONRATE IN SUPEROVULATED CATTLE. J. Sanmande and 3. Pelletier. JE?&QCT. 64: 189, 1975. (INRA, Sta. Physiol. Reprod., Nouzilly, France) SUCCESgfUL OVULATION AND PREGNANCY ACHIEVED BY CB-154 (2-Br-d-ERGOCRYPTINE) IN A W&AN WITH CHIARI-FROMMEL SYNDROME. K. Seki and M. Seki. J. Clin. Endofr&nel. Metab. 38(3): 508, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Chiba Univ. Sch. Med.j Chiba, Japan) NORMAL OVULATORY CYCLES IN ONE SUBJECT RECEIVING DAILY HYPOPHYSEAL STIMULATION BY LH-RH AT TWO DOSE LEVELS. K. Thomas, J. Donnez, and J. Ferin. Cont_&eeption ll(3): 271, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Hosp., Clos Chapelle aux Ch&nps 4, B-1200 Bruxelles, Belgium) MEASUREMBNT OF SERUM LH, FSH, PROGESTERONE, 17-HYDROXYPROGESTRRONE AND ESTRADIOL-17/J LEVELS AT 4-HOUR INTERVALS DURING THE PERIOVULATORY PHASE OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE. I.H. Thorneycroft, B. Sribyatta, W.K. Tom, R.M. Nakamura, and D.R. Mishell, Jr. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 39(4): 754, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. So. Calif. Sch. Med., Los Angeles, Calif.)

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GAMETES CINE/TI UE FOLLICULAIRE ET MATURATION OVOCYTAIRE CHEZ LB VFAU TRAIT6 PAR L'ACBTATE DE FLUOROGESTONE ET IA PMSG. J. Arrau. Ann. Biol. anim. Bioch. Biophys. 14: 633, 1974. (Sta. Physiol. anim., Cent. nat. Rech. zootech., INRA, 78350 Jouy en Josas, France) SPERMATOGONIAL STEM CELLS IN THE ALBINO RAT. Y. Clermont and L. Hermo. Am. J. Anat. 142: 159, 1975. (Dept. Anat., McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada)EFFECT OF INITIAL FREEZING TEMPERATURE, ADDITION OF GLYCEROL AND DILUTION ON THE SURVIVAL AND FERTILIZING ABILITY OF DEEP-FROZEN RAM SEMEN. G. Colas. J. Reprod. Fert. 42: 277, 1975. (INRA, Sta. Physiol. Reprod., Nouzilly, Monnaie, France) AN AlTEMPT TO SEPARATE FRACTIONS RICH IN HUMAN Y SPERM. J.M. Evans, T.A. Douglas, and J.P. Renton. Nature 253: 352, 1975. (Dept. Vet. Clin. Biochem., Univ. Glasgow Vet Sch., Scotland) PORCINE SPERMATOZOAN RESPIRATION AND MOTILITY IN THE PRESENCE OF BOVINE FOLLICULAR FLUID. H.E. Grotjan, Jr., B.N. Day, and D.T. Mayer. J. Anim. g. 40(l): 96, 1975. (Dept. Physiol., Univ. Kansas Med. Ctr., Kansas City, Kansas 66103) IN VITRO ACTION OF PROGESTOGENS ON SPERM MIGRATION IN HUMAN CERVICAL MUCUS. E. Kesser;, P. C&macho-Ortega, G. Laudahn, and G. Schopflin. Fertil. & Steril. 26(l): 57, 1975. (Dept. Gyn. Ob., Univ. Cayetano Heredia, Lima,Peru) EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOLID METALS AND METALLIC PAIRS ON HUMAN SPERM MOTILITY. E. KesserU and F. Ledn. Int. J. Fertil. 19: 81, 1974. (As above) AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF MOUSE SPERMATOZOAN ARGININB-RICH NUCLEAR PROTEIN IN FERTILIZATION. V. Kopegny/ and A. Pavlok. J. Exntl. Zool. 191(l): 85, 1975. (Inst. Anim. Physiol. 6 Genet., Czech. Acad. Scis., Libechov, Czechoslovakia) TRANSFORMATION OF SPERM HISTONB DURING FORMATION AND MATURATION OF RAT SPERMATOZOA. Y. Marushige and K. Marushige. J. Biol. Chem. 250(l): 39, 1975. (Lab. Reprod. Biol., Div. Hlth. Aff., Univ. N.C., Chapel Hill, N.C.) VARIOUS CONDITIONS FOR FERTILIZATION OF RAT EGGS IN VITRO: K.-Niwa and M.C. Chang. Biol. Reprod. 11: 463, 1974. (Worcester Fdn. Exptl. Biol., Shrewsbury, Mass. 01545) FAILURE TO CONFIRM SEPARATION OF X- AND Y-BEARING HUMAN SPERM USING BSA GRADIENTS. A. Ross, J.A. Robinson, and H.J. Evans. Nature 253: 354, 1975. (MRC Clin. & Pop. Cytogenet. Unit, Western Gen. Hosp., Edinburgh, Scotland) DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF ENERGY METABOLISM IN THE RAT AND MOUSE ZYGOTE. H. Spielmann. J. Reprod. Fert. 42: 391, 1975. (Abt. Embryol.-Pharmakol., Free Univ. Berlin, 1 Berlin 33, W. Germany) SIGNIFICANCE OF TIMING FOR THE POSTCOITAL EVALUATION OF CERVICAL MUCUS, D.R. Tredway, D.S.F. Settlage, R.M. Nakamura, M. Motoshima, C.U. Umezaki, and D.R. Mishell, Jr. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 121(3): 387, 1975. (Women's Hosp., 1240 N. Mission Rd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90033) ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION. REVIEW AFTER THIRTY-TWO YEARS' EXPERIENCE. M.P. Warner. N.Y. St. J. Med. 74: 2358, 1974. (1035 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10028) THE INTERACTION OF EGG YOLK AND RAM SPERMATOZOA STUDIED WITH A FLUORESCENT PROBE. P.F. Watson. J. Reprod. Fert. 42: 105, 1975. (Wellcome Inst. Camp. Physiol., Zool. Sot. London, Regent's Park, London, England) N+BENZOYL-L-ARGININE ETHYL ESTER SPLITTING ACTIVITY (ACROSIN) IN HUMAN SPERMATOZOA AND SEMINAL PLASMA DURING AGING IN VITRO. W-R Schill and H. Frite. Hoppe-Sevler's Z. Phvsiol. Chem 356: 83, 1975. (Dermatol. Klin. & Poliklin., Univ. Munchen, D-8000 Munchen 2, Germany)

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NIDATION CALCIUM AND ZINC IN THE ENDOMETRIUM AND UTERINE FLUSHINGS OF THF,ROE DEER (CAPREOLUS CAPRBOLUS) DURING DELAYED IMPLANTATION. R.J. Aitken. J. Reprod. Fert. 40: 333, 1974. (Dept. Genet., West Mains Rd., Edinburgh, Scotland) PREVENTION OF BLASTOCYST IMPLANTATION IN MICE WITH PROTEINASB INHIBITORS. D. Dabich and T.J. Andary. Fertil. h Steril. 25(11): 954, 1974. (Biochem. Dept., Wayne St. Univ. Sch. Med., Detroit, Michigan 48201) EVIDENCE THAT As-q-HYDROXYSTBROID DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY IN THE RAT BLASTOCYSTS IN AUTONOMOUS. 2. Diclanann and S.K. Dey. J. Endocr. 61: 513, 1974. (Dept. Gyn. Ob., Univ. Kansas Med. Ctr., Kansas City, Kans. 66103) ~5-3/+HYDROXYSTBROID DEHYDROGBNASE AND ESTRADIOL-17p-HYDROXYSTBROID DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY IN PREIMPLANTATION HAMSTER EMBRYOS. 2. Dickmann and J.S. Gupta. Devel. Biol. 40: 196, 1974. (As above) ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS OF PROTEINS SYNTHESIZED BY PRBIMPLANTATION MOUSE EMBRYOS. C.J. Epstein and S.A. Smith. Devel. Biol. 40: 233, 1974. (Dept. Pediat., Univ. Calif., San Francisco, Calif. 94143) RECENT RESEARCH ON IMPLANTATION IN ANIMALS. C.A. Finn. Proc. Roy. Sot. Med. 67(9): 927, 1974. (Dept. Physiol., Roy. Vet. Coll., London, U.K.) RIBOSOME PRODUCTION AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN THE PRBIMPLANTATION RABBIT EMBRYO. G.C. Karp, C. Manes, and W.E. Hahn. Differentiation 2: 65, 1974. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Fla., Gainesville, Fla. 32601) HORMONAL CONTROL OF PROLIFERATION IN THE GUINEA-PIG UTERUS. G.J. Marcus. J. Endocr. 63: 89, 1974. (Dept. Anat., Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, Mass.) ACTION ANTI-OESTRO&NE DU CLOMIFl?NE SUR LA NIDATION. M. Marois and G. Marois. C.R. Sot. Biol. 168(2-3): 213, 1974. (Univ. Paris VI, Lab. Histol., Fat. Med. St.-Antoipe, 75571 PaFis Cedex 12, France) ACTION DU CLOMIFENB SUR LB DECIDUOME TRAUMATIQUE CHBZ LA RATTE GESTANTE OU PSEUDOGESTANTE. M. Marois and G. Marois. C.R. Sot. Biol. 168(2-3): 218, 1974. (As above) A CYCLIC TETRAPEPTIDE WITH ANTIIMPLAWTATION ACTIVITY. K.B. Mathur, S.R. Hi, M.M. Dhar, V.P. Kamboj, and A.B. Kar. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 12(2): 199, 1974. (Cent. Drug Res. Inst., Luclcnow, India) HISTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF GLYCOGBN IN PREIMPLANTATION AND IMPLANTATION STAGES OF YOUNG AND SENESCENT GOLDEN HAMSTERS. T.A. Parkening and A.L. Soderwall. J. Reprod. Fert. 41: 285, 1974. (Worcester Fdn. Exptl. Biol., Shrewsbury, Mass. 01545) IMPLANTATION. FOETAL MEMBRANES AND EARLY PLACENTATION OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. LOXODONTA AFRICANA. J.S. Perry. Phil. Trans. Roy. Sot. Lond. 269: 109, 1974. (Inst. Anim. Physiol., Babraham, Cambridge, U.K.) THE CHROMOSOMES 02 GIANT TROPHOBLAST CELLS OF THE MOUSE. M.H.L. Snow and J.D. Ansell. Proc. Roy. Sot. Lond., B 187: 93, 1974. (MRC Msmmalian Devel. Unit, Univ. Coil. Lond., London NW1 2HE, U.K.) CLOSURE OF THE UTERINE LUMEN AT IMPLANTATION IN SENESCENT GOLDEN HAMSTERS. L.W. Thorpes, T.J. Connors, and A.L. Soderwall. J. Reprod. Fert. 39: 29, 1974. (Dept. Biol., Univ. Oregon, Eugene, Ore.) EFFECTS OF A PROTEIN-FBBE DIET ON AMINO ACIDS AND SEX HORMONES OF RATS DURING THE EARLY POSTIMPIANTATION STAGES OF PREGNANCY. E. KBhler, F. Wojnorowicz, and K. Borner. J. Reprod. Fert. 42: 9, 1975. (Pharmacol. Inst., Free Univ. Berlin, Germany) CLOMIF&E, NIDATION ET SURVIE DES FOETUS. M. Marois and G. Marois. C.R. Sot. Biol. 168(4-S): 405, 1974. (Univ. Paris VI, Lab. Histol., Fat. Med. St.Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France) EFFECTS OF ACTINOMYCIN D AND PUROMYCIN ON BLASTOKININ SYNTHESIS BY THE RABBIT UTERUS. F.A. Murray and G.L. Whitson. Biol. Reprod. 11: 421, 1974. (Dept. ZOOl., Univ. Tenn., Knoxville, Term. 37916)

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PREGNANCY WASTAGE PREGNANCY-TERMINATING EFFECT OF HUMAN CHORIONIC GGNADOTROPHIN IN RATS. U.K. Banik. J. Reprod. Fert. 42: 67, 1975. (Ayerst Res. Labs., Montreal, Canada) TERMINATION OF EARLY GESTATION WITH INTRAMUSCULAR (15S)-15 METHYL P.F. Brenner, M.E. Lumkin, C. Ballard, and D.R. Mishell, PROSTAGLANDIN F24. Jr. Contraception ll(3): 279, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. So. Calif. Sch. Med., Los Angeles, Calif. 90033) ETUDE CYTOGENETIQUE DE 30 COUPLES AYGT P&SENT6 PLUSIEURS AVORTEMENTS A. Broustet, F. Serville, M. Meynie, J. Moulinier, and SPONTA&. G. Moretti. Sem. H8p. Paris 5l(5): 299, 1975. (Lab. Cytogenet., Cent. Transfusion, 33035 Bordeaux, France) INTRA-AMNIOTIC UREA AS A MIDTRIMESTER ABORTIFACIENT: CLINICAL RESULTS AND SERUM AND URINARY CHANGES. L.S. Burnett, T.M. King, M.F. Atienxa, and W.R. Bell. Am. J. Obstet. Gvnecol. 121(l): 7, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Johns Hopkins Univ., Woman's Clin. 126, Baltimore, Md. 21205) PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE WITH 15(S)15+ETHYL PROSTAGIANDIN FZq FOR MIDTRIMESTER ABORTION. B.E. Greer, W. Droegemueller, and T. Engel. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 121: 524, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Cola. Med. Ctr., Denver, Cola. 80220) SALMONELLA DUBLIN ABORTION IN CATTLE: STUDIES ON THE CLINICAL ASPECTS OF THE CONDITION. M. Hinton. Br. vet. J. 130: 556, 1974. (Vet. Invest. Ctr., Carmarthen, S. Wales) SAlMONELLA DUBLIN ABORTION IN CATTLE: INCIDENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY. M. Hinton. Br. vet. J. 131: 94, 1975. (Univ. Bristol, Langford House, Bristol, England) PROSTAGIANDIN-INDUCED ABORTION: ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND EARLY MORBIDITY. I.Z. Mackenzie, K. Hillier, and M.P. Embrey. Brit. med. _J., Dec. 21: 683, 1974. (Nuffield Dept. Ob. Gyn., John Radcliffe Hosp., Oxford, England) SINGLE EXTRA-AMNIOTIC INJECTION OF PROSTAGLANDIN E2 IN VISCOUS GEL TO INDUCE MID-TRIMESTER ABORTION. 1.2. Mackenzie, K. Hillier, and M.P. Embrey. & med. Feb. 1: 240, 1975. (As above) -*s J THE EFFICACY OF THE EXTRAOVULAR "PROSTAGLANDIN-IMPACT" IN PROVOKING FIRST TRIMESTER ABORTION. Y. Pitkanen and L. Rauramo. Prostaglandins 5(3): 269, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Turku Univ., Finland) USE OF PLASMA PROGESTERONE LEVELS IN AN ASSESSMENT OF EMBRYONIC LOSS IN DAIRY CATTLE. G.S. Pope and L.S. Hodgson-Jones. Vet. -.- Rec., Feb. 15: 154, 1975. (Nat. Inst. Res. Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, U.K.) HORMONAL PARAMETERS FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY: A GUIDE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THREATENED ABORTION. D.M. Saunders and I.M. Kelso. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 120(8): 1118, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Sydney, Australia) EXTRAOVULAR PROSTAGLANDIN F FOR EARLY MIDTRIMESTER ABORTION. A.G. Shapiro. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. l%(3): 333, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Miami Sch. Med., P.O. Box 520875, Miami, Fla. 33152) MALE-INDUCED PREGNANCY TERMINATION IN THE PRAIRIE VOLE, MICROTUS OCHROGASTER. R.A. Stehn and M.E. Richmond. Science 187: 1211, 1975. (Field Ecol., & Evol. Biol., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y. 14853) EFFECT OF STAGE OF GESTATION AND UTERINF, SPACE ON PRENATAL SURVIVAL IN THE PIG. S.K. Webel and P.J. Dxiuk. J. Anim. Sci. 38(5): 960, 1974. (Abbott Labs., North Chicago, 111. 60064)

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CONTRACEPTION CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH ETHINYL ESTRADIOL AND D-NORGESTBEL AS AN ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE. R. Ape10 and I. Veloso. Fertil. & Steril. 26(3): 283, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Coll. Med., Univ. Philippines, Manila) CLINICAL STUDY OF A PROGESTERONE-RELEASING INTRAUTBRINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE. P.F. Brenner, D.L. Cooper, and D.R. Mishell, Jr. Am. J. Obstet. Gyaecol. 121(5): 704, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. So. Calif. Sch. Med., Los Angeles, Calif. 90033) PERMANENT STERILIZATION BY HYSTEROSCOPIC CAUTRRIZATION. L.A. Cibils. u. Obstet. Gynecol. 121(4): 513, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Chicago Lying-In Hosp., Chicago, 111. 60637) INDUCTION OF BIASTCKININ SYNTHESIS BY R 2323 IN OVARIECTOMIZED RABBITS. J.C. Daniel, Jr. and C.B. Booher. J. Endocr. 64: 187, 1975. (Dept. Zool., Univ. Term., Knoxville, Term. 37916) THE EFFECT OF COMBINATION AND LOW DOSE PROGESTOGEN ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES ON SERUM LIPIDS. U.M. Donde and K. Virkar. Fertil. & Steril. 26(l): 62, 1975. (Div. Appl. Res., Inst. Res. Reprod., Ind. Council Med. Res., Parel, Bombay-400 012, India) VASECTOMY IN GENERAL PRACTICE. S.N. Freeman. The Practitioner 214: 401, 1975. SPONTANEOUS REANASTOMOSIS OF THE VAS DEFEBENS AFTER SURGERY: A CASE REPORT. S.M. Girgis. Fertil. & Steril. 26(2): 182, 1975. (Male Steril. Clin., Cairo Univ. Hosp., Fat. Med., Cairo, Egypt) CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE LEM, AN INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE. M.E. Lane, S. Sindhupak, A.J. Sobrero, and K.L. Kohli. Fertil. & Steril. 25(7): 562, 1974. (Margaret Sanger Res. Bur., Inc., New York, N.Y. 10011) ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND VITAMINS: A REVIEW. U. Larsson-Cohn. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 121(l): 84, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Hosp., Link&ping, Sweden) ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, SERUM FOLATE, AND HEMATOLOGIC STATUS. C.J. Paine, W.D. Grafton, V.L. Dickson, and E.R. Eichner. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 231: 731, 1975. (P.O. Box 3932, Shreveport, La. 71130) CIRCULATING ANTISPERMATOZOA IMMUNOGMBULIN G IN MEN AFmR VASECTOMY. W.L.G. Quinlivan, H. Sullivan, and N. Olsher. Fertil. & Steril. 26(3): 224, 1975. (Dept. Gyn. Ob., Univ. Calif., Irvine, Calif. 92664) A COMPARATIVE RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY OF THE COPPER-T200 AND COPPER-7 INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES WITH MODIFIED INSERTION TECHNIQUES. N.G. Shaila, M.E. Lane, and A.J. Sobrero. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 120(l): 110, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Kasturba Med. Coll., Manipal, India) THE EFFECT OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES ON FOLATE METABOLISM. III. PLASMA CLEARANCE AND URINARY FOIATE EXCRETION. A.M. Shojania. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 85(2): 185, 1975. (Dept. Hematol., St. Boniface Gen. Hosp., Winnipeg, Man., Canada) UCHIDA TUBAL STERILIZATION. H. Uchida. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 121(2): 153, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Uchida Hosp., 7-30, Kenroku-motwachi Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan 920) FEMALE STBRILISATION AND FAMILY LIMITATION IN THE ARMED FORCES. R.N. Varma and M.S. Boparai. Ind. J. Med. Res. 62(3): 339, 1974. (Dir. Gen. Armed Forces Med. Serv., Min. Defence, New Delhi, India) THE PILL FOR MEN. E. Passage. La Recherche 6(55): 376, 1975. EFFECT OF INTRAUTERINE SILK SUTURE ON THE ESTROUS CYCLE & PSEUDOPREGNANCY IN RATS. S. Roy and R. Das. Ind. J. Exptl. Biol. 12: 385, 1974. (Biomed. Div., Nat. Inst. Fam. Plan., New Delhi, 110016, India)

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ANATOMY DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENDOMETRIUM DURING THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN THE BITCH. M.D. Barrau, J.H. Abel, Jr., H.G. Verhage, and W.J. Tieta, Jr. Am. J. Anat. 142(l): 47, 1975. (Dept. Physiol. & Biophys., Cola. St. Univ., Fort Collins, Cola. 80523) ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE LAMINA PROPRIA IN THE OVINE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE. DEVELOPMENT AND SOME ENDOCRINE CONSIDERATIONS. E. Bustos-Obreaon and M. Courot. Cell Tiss. Res. 150: 481, 1974. (INRA Lab. Reprod. Physiol., Nouzillv, France) ~BER DEN UMSATZ BIOGENRR AMINE IM HYPOTHALAMUS KASTRIERTER RATTEN. FLUORESCENZHISTOCHEMISCHE UND AUTORADIOGRAPHISCHE UNTBRSUCHUNGEN. Ch. N. Chouchkov, J. Winckler, and K. Hempel. Histochemistry 41: 175, 1974. (Anat. Inst. Med. Acad., Sofia 31, Bulgaria) LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDIES ON LIPID STAINED BY MALACHITE GREEN IN THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT OF THE RABBIT, HAMSTER AND MONGOOSE. J.M. Cummins, M.H. Bernstein, and R.J. Teicbraan. J. Reprod. Fert. 41: 75, 1974. (Zool. Dept., Victoria Univ. Wellington, New Zealand) FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE TESTICULAR VASCULAR PEDICLE IN THE RHESUS MONKEY: EVIDENCE FOR A LOCAL TESTOSTERONE CONCENTRATING MECHANISM. D.J. Dierschke, S.W. Walsh, R.J. Mapletoft, J.A. Robinson, and O.J. Ginther. ~Proc. Sot. Exptl. Biol. & Med. 148: 236, 1975. (Wise. Reg. Prim. Res. Ctr., Dept. Vet. Sci., Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, Wise. 53706) MYOFIBROBLASTS IN THE RAT TESTICULAR CAPSULE. K. Gorgas and P. B8ck. Cell Tiss. Res. 154: 533, 1974. (Anat. Inst. Univ. KBln, Germany) FUNKTIONELLE MORPHOLOGIE DES CERIKALEN STROMA IM MENSCHLICHBN UTERUS. H.-D. Hiersche, B. Busch, K.W. Tietae, and J. Inthraphuvasak. Arch. Gyngk. 217: 427, 1974. (Stldt. Frauenklin., D-6750 Kaiserslautern, Germany) RNA SYNTHETIC ACTIVITIES OF SERTOLI CELLS IN THE MOUSE TESTIS. A.L. Kiersaenbaum. Biol. Reprod. 11: 365, 1974. (Dept. Anat., Univ. N.C., Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514) LIGHT AND DARK CELLS IN THE MEMBRANA GRANULOSA OF THE PORCINE PREOVULATORY FOLLICLE. J. Mirecka. Acta Morph. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22(l): 57, 1974. (Dept. Histol., Inst. Biomorphol., Med. Acad., Krakow, Poland) INFLUENCE OF PROGESTERONE ON THE MITOCHONDRIAL SIZE IN THE UTERINE GLANDS OF THE RAT, MOUSE, HAMSTER, AND GUINEA PIG. 0. Nilsson. Acta endocr. 78: 349, 1975. (Dept. Anat., Biomed. Ctr., Box 751, Uppsala, Sweden) TESTICULAR ULTRASTRUCTURE AND FERTILITY IN THE RESTRICTED COLOR (Hre) RAT. L.D. Russell and P.J. Gardner. Biol. Reprod. 11: 631, 1974. (Dept. Anat., McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada) CELLULAR AND SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF [%]PROGESTERONE OR ITS METABOLITES IN GUINEA PIG CERVIX. M. Sar and W.E. Stumpf. Biol. Reprod. ll(3): 297, 1974. (Dept. Anat., Univ. N.C., Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514) ON EMBRYOMETRY OF EARLY INTRAUTERINE ONTOGENESIS OF THB DROMEDAR. (In Russian) S.D. Shakhov. Arch. Anat., Histol. & Embryol. (USSR) 67: 64, 1974. (Dept. Histol. & Embryol., Med. Inst., Ashkhabad, USSR) AN ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY OF THE GONADOTROPHS IN OOPHORECTOMIZED RHESUS (MACACA MIJIATTA) ADULTS TREATED WITH ESTROGEN. M.T. Tseng, G.W. Kittinger, and H.G. Spies. Proc. Sot. Exptl. Biol. & Med. 147: 412, 1974. (Ore. Reg. Prim. Res. Ctr., Beaverton, Ore. 97005) DIE LYMPHGEFRBE IM INTRAMURALEN TUBENABSCHNITT. P. Wangart. Arch. Gyntlk. 217: 241, 1974. (Fabrikstr. 23, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland) UNIJSUAL SITES OF MELANIN PIGMENT IN ANTELOPE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. C.A. Spinage J. Camp. Path. 84: 623, 1974. (Coll. Afr. Wildlife Manag., Moshi, Tanzania)

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PHYSIOLOGY SURVIVAL OF FROZEN RABBIT EMBRYOS. H. Bank and R.R. Maurer. Exptl. Cell Res. 89: 188. 1974. (Dept. Pathol., Med. Univ. S.C., Charleston, S.C. 29401) CAPILLARY~BLOOD FLdW IN SHEEP OVARIES, MEASURED Bi INDOANTIPYRINE AND MICROSPHERE TECHNIQUES. B.W. Brown, J.R.S. Hales, and P.E. Mattner. Experientia 30: 914, 1914. (CSIRO, Div. Anim. Physiol., Ian Clunies Ross Anim. Res. Lab., P.O. Box 239, Blacktown, NSW 2148, Australia) CHANGES IN OVARIAN CIRCULATION FOLLOWING FSH ADMINISTRATION TO HCG-PRIMED ADULT PATS. J.M. Cons and C.L. Kragt. Biol. Reprod. 11: 440, 1974. (Physiol. -Amt. Dept., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.) INFLUENCE OF ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE TREATMENT ON OVARIAN CONTRACTILITY IN THE MONKEY. A. Dim-Infante, Jr., K.H. Wright, and E.E. Wallach. Fertil & Steril. 26(2): 101, 1975. (Depta50b. Gyn., Penn. Hosp., Philadelea.) LOCAL RECIRCULATION OF 133XENON AND KRYPTON TO THE TESTES AND THE CAPUT EPIDIDYMIDIS IN RATS. N. Einer-Jens.en. J. Reprod. Fert. 37: 55, 1974. (Pop. Council, Rockefeller Univ,, New York, N.Y. 10021) LOCAL-RECIRCULATION OF INJECTED ('HI TESTOSTERONE FROM ti TESTIS TO THE EPIDIDYMAL FAT PAD AND THE CORPUS EPIDIDYMIDIS IN THE RAT. N. Einer-Jensen. J. Reprod. Fert. 37: 145, 1974. (As above) THF.EFFECT OF CIRCULATING PROSTAGLANDIN ANTIBODIES ON REPRODUCTION IN RABBITS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PLACENTA. S. Elzayat and W.A. Stylos. Endocrinology 95: 1642, 1974. (Univ. Md. Hosp., Baltimore, Md. 21201) FECUNDITY IN EARLY NEW SOUTH WALES: AN EVALUATION OF AUSTRALIAN AND CALIFORNIAN EXPERIENCE. B. Gandevia and F.M. Forster. Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. 50(10): 1081, 1974. (Dept. Med., Univ. N.S.W., Prince Henry Hosp., Sydney, Australia) EFFECTS OF NEONATALLY-ADMINISTERED DDT HOMOLOGS ON REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IN MALE AND FEMALE RATS. R.J. Gellert, W.L. Heinrichs, and R. Swerdloff. Neuroendocrinology 16: 84, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Univ. Washington Sch. Med., Seattle, Wash.) EVIDENCE FOR PREFERENTIAL TRANSFER OF PROSTAGIANDIN F2p:TO THE OVARIAN ARTERY FOLLOWING INTRAUTERINE ADMINISTRATION IN CATTLE. J.E. Hixon and W. Hansel. Biol. Reprod. 11: 543, 1974. (Dept. Anim. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.) EFFECT OF SHORT PERIODS OF FASTING AND TIME OF DAY ON SERUM LEVELS OF GONADOTROPINS, TESTOSTERONE AN'D GLUCOSE IN MALE RATS. B.E. Howland. Harm. Metab. Res. 7: 40, 1975. (Dept. Oral Biol., Univ. Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada) EFFECTS OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND PROSTAGLANDINS ON HUMAN OVARIAN CONTRACTILITY. H. Okamura, T. Okazaki, and A. Nakajima. Obstet. Gynecol. 44(5): 720, 1974. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Sch. Med., Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan) NEW EVIDENCE CONCERNING THEIR FUNCTION IN THE CONTROL PINEALMETHoxYINDoLRs: OF PINEAL-MEDIATED CHANGES IN THE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF MALB GOLDEN HAMSTERS. R.J. Reiter, M.K. Vaughan, D.E. Blask, and L.Y. Johnson. Endocrinology 96(l): 206, 1975. (Dept. Amt., Univ. Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., San Antonio, Texas 78284) EFFECTS OF GONADAI. STEROIDS ON THE BASAL AND LRF-INDUCED GONADOTROPIN SECRETION BY CULTURES OF RAT PITUITARY. L.K.L. Tang and H.G. Spies. Endocrinology 96(2): 349, 1975. (Reprod. Physiol., Ore. Reg. Prim. Res. Ctr., Beaverton, Ore. 97005) THE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF BRITISH BREEDS OF SHEEP IN AN EQUATORIAL ENVIRONMENT. III. FURTHER DATA ON IMPORTED EWES AND THEIR PROc;ENY. H.L. Williams. Br. vet. J. 131: 23, 1975. (Dept. Anim. Husb. & Vet. Hyg., Roy. Vet. Coil., Boltons Park, Potters Bar, Herts., England)

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SERUM GONADCTROPINS AND FOLLICULAR DEVEMPMRNT IN THE SYRIAN HAMSTER. F.J. Bex and B.D. Goldman. ,Endocrinology 96(4): 928, 1975. (Dept. Biobehav. scis., Univ. Conn., Storrs, Corm. 06268) ROLE OF BRAIN CATECHOLAMINES IN THE POSTCASTRATION RISE IN PLASMA IH OF PRRPUBERAL RATS. D. Cocchi, F. Fraschini, H. Jalanbo, and E.E. Mllller. Endocrinology 95(6): 1649, 1974. (Dept. Pharmacol., Univ. Milan, Italy) REGULATION OF PLASMA OESTROGBNS IN NORMAL ADULT MALES. II. RESPONSE OF OESTRADIOL, OESTRONE, TFSfOSTERONE AND CORTISOL TO DEXAMFTHASONE AND ACTH ADMINISTRATION. P. Doerr and K.M. Pirke. Acta endocr. 78: 531, 1975. (Dept. Clin. Chem., Max-Planck-Inst. Psychiat., 8 MUnchen 40, Germany) PATTERNS OF LH AND FSH RELEASE FROM PERFUSED RAT PITUITARIES IN RESPONSE TO INFUSIONS OF HYPOTHALAMIC EXTRACT. A.J. Dowd, A-L. Barofsky, N. Chaudhuri, C.W. Lloyd, and J. Weiss. Endocrinology 96(2): 243, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Yale Univ. Sch. Med., New Haven, Conn. 06510) CYTOLOGISCBE UND IMMUNENZYMCYTOCHEMISCHE STUDIEN AM HYPOPHYSENVORDERLAPPEN DER BEAGLE-HUNDIN WRHREND VERSCHIEDENER REPRODUKTIONSPHASEN. M.F. El Etreby, P. GUnzel, and K.-H. Wrobel. Endokrinologie 64(2): 129, 1975. (Schering AG, Dept. Exp. Toxicol., Berlin 65, W. Germany) DIRECT EFFECT OF TESTOSTERONE AND ITS 5+REDUCED METABOLITES ON PITUITARY LH AND FSH RELEASE IN VITRO: CHANGE IN PITUITARY RESPONSIVENESS TO HYP-C EXTRACT. L.W.L. Kao and J. Weiss. Endocrinology 96: 253, 1975. (Dept. Ob. Gyn., Hershey Med. Ctr., Hershey, Pa. 17033) DURATION OF PSEUDOPREGNANCY INDUCED BY STERILE MATING IN RATS TREATED WITH PROSTAGLANDINS. S. Kopia, S.F. Stewart, G. DiPasquale, and R.A. Edgren. Prostaglandins 8(6): 531, 1974. (Endocr. Res., Warner-Lambert Co., Morris Plains, N.J.) IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF LHRH IN AXONS AND NERVE TERMINALS OF THE RAT MEDIAN EMINENCE. C. Kordon, B. Kerdelhue, E. Pattou, and M. Jutisz. Proc. Sot. Exptl. Biol. h Med. 147: 122, 1974. (Unite Neurobiol., INSERM, 75014 Paris, France) INACTIVATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE BY RAT HYPOTHALAMIC L-CYSTINE ARYLAMIDAsE. H. Kuhl and H-D. Taubert. Acta endocr. 78: 634, 1975. (Abt. gyn. Endokr., Zent. Frauenklin. & Geburtsh., Goethe Univ., Frankfurt am Main, Germany) SHORT-LOOP FEEDBACK MECHANISM OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE: LH STIMULATES HYPOTHALAMIC L-CYSTINE ARYLAMIDASE TO INACTIVATE LH-RH IN THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS. H. Kuhl and H-D. Taubert. Acta endocr. 78: 649, 1975. (As above) DECREASE IN THE PITUITARY RESPONSE TO SYNTHETIC LH-RF IN CASTRATED RAMS FOLLOWING TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE TREATMENT. J. Pelletier. J. Reprod. Fert. 41: 397, 1974. (INRA, Sta. Physiol. Reprod., 37380 Nouzilly, France) THE EFFECT OF ETHER AND LAPAROTOMY ON SERUM PROLACTIN LEVELS IN PROGESTRRONETREATED INTACT AND OVARIECTOMIZED RATS. P.J. Reier, W.K. Morishige, and I. Rothchild. Neuroendocrinology 16: 43, 1974. (NINDS, N.I.H., Lab. Neoropathol. & Neuroanat. Scis., Bethesda, Md. 20014) LOCATION OF FEEDBACK RECEPTORS: EFFECTS OF INTRACRANIALLY IMPLANTED STEROIDS ON PLASMA LH AND LRF RESPONSE. E.R. Smith and J.M. Davidson. Endocrinology 95: 1566, 1974. (Dept. Physiol., Stanford Univ. Sch. Med., Stanford, Calif.) EFFECTS OF ACTH ON THE UTERINE WEIGHT RESPONSE TO HCG IN MICE. B. Varga, A. Hraschek, and G. Folly. J. Reprod. Fert. 42: 213, 1975. (Inst. Exptl. Med., Hung. Acad. Scis., Budapest, Hungary) SUPPRESSION OF PROIACTIN SECRETION BY ACUTE ADMINISTRATION OF A'-THC IN RATS. J. Kramer and M. Ben-David. Proc. Sot. Exptl. Biol. & Med. 147: 482, 1974. (Dept. Pharmacol., Hebrew Univ. Hadassah Med. Sch., Jerusalem, Israel)

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