2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effect of stress-induced sympathetic activation on ovarian function and morphology
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22790238
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Environmental physiology (including Physical medicine and Nutritional physiology)
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology |
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Principal Investigator |
UCHIDA Sae 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (90270660)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | ストレス / 卵巣ホルモン / 交感神経 / 卵胞 / 黄体 / ラット |
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| Research Abstract |
Involvement of sympathetic nerve hyperactivity in stress-induced ovarian dysfunction was examined in rats. Acute stress(nociceptive cutaneous stimulation) reduced the ovarian estradiol secretion rate via activation of the superior ovarian nerve. The reduction of estradiol secretion by superior ovarian nerve activation was caused by inhibition of testosterone conversion into estradiol. Chronic stress, which caused sympathetic nerve hyperactivation, produced morphological changes in the ovarian tissues(increase in the number of cystic follicles and decrease in the number of corpus luteum), suggesting an ovulatory dysfunction.
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[Journal Article] Number, size, conduction, and vasoconstrictor ability of unmyelinated fibers of the ovarian nerve in adult and aged rats2011
Author(s)
Hanada, T., Uchida, S., Hotta, H., Aikawa, Y.
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Journal Title
Autonomic Neuroscience, Basic and Clinical
Volume: 164
Pages: 6-12
Peer Reviewed
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