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Immunohistochemical localization of ornithine decarboxylase in the rat ovary

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The present report describes the immunocytochemical localization of ornithine decarboxylase in the prepubertal rat ovary after administration of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). Numerous ornithine decarboxylase immunoreactive cells appeared in the thecal layer as well as in the interstitial gland tissue after treatment with HCG. The granulosa cells, the ovum and the ovarian stroma were devoid of immunoreactive ornithine decarboxylase. In contrast to the ovary of HCG-treated rats, the ovary of prepubertal rats given the vehicle alone contained only a few weakly immunoreactive cells.

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  1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Lund, Sölvegatan 19, S-223 62, Lund, Sweden

    L. Persson & Elsa Rosengren

  2. Department of Histology, University of Lund, Biskopsgatan 5, S-223 62, Lund, Sweden

    F. Sundler

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Persson, L., Rosengren, E. & Sundler, F. Immunohistochemical localization of ornithine decarboxylase in the rat ovary. Histochemistry 75, 163–167 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00496007

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