U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Mechanisms Regulating Species Specific Ovulation Rates (Hamster, Guinea Pig)

9319254 Greenwald该奖项支持堪萨斯州堪萨斯城堪萨斯大学医学中心生理学系Gilbert Greenwald教授和东京农业技术大学兽医生理学实验室Kazuyoshi Taya教授之间为期两年的合作研究项目。该联合项目侧重于哺乳动物物种特异性排卵率的调节机制。研究者将调查导致一个物种排卵1-3个卵子（豚鼠）和另一个物种排卵10-12个卵子（仓鼠）的因素。他们将分析下丘脑-垂体-卵巢轴，日本研究小组侧重于体内方法，美国研究人员强调体外方法。这个问题对生殖生理学的学生来说是及时和重要的，并且将增强我们对每个卵泡周期中卵泡发育数量和程度的决定机制的理解。＊＊＊

9319254 Greenwald This award supports a two-year cooperative research project between Professor Gilbert Greenwald, Department of Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, and Professor Kazuyoshi Taya, Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo Univesity of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo. The joint project focuses on mechanisms regulating species-specific ovulation rates in mammals. The investigators will investigate the factors responsible for one species ovulating 1-3 ova (guinea pig) and another ovulating 10-12 ova (hamster). They will analyze the hypothalamic- pituitary-ovarian axis, with the Japanese group focusing on in vivo approaches and the U.S. investigator emphasizing in vitro methods. The question being addressed is timely and important to students of reproductive physiology and will enhance our understanding of the mechamisms underlying the determination of the numbers and extent of folliculat development during each follicular cycle. ***