Norah Spears

Neurotropins and their receptors are expressed in the human fetal ovary.

Mouse ovarian follicles secrete factors affecting the growth and development of like-sized ovarian follicles in vitro.

The role of neurotrophin receptors in female germ-cell survival in mouse and human.

The cultured rodent follicle as a model for investigations of gonadotrophin surge-attenuating factor (GnSAF) production.

On regenerating the ovary and generating controversy.

The temporal and spatial expression pattern of myosin Va, Vb and VI in the mouse ovary.

Follicular growth and oocyte competence in the in vitro cultured mouse follicle: effects of gonadotrophins and steroids.

A single, mild, transient scrotal heat stress causes DNA damage, subfertility and impairs formation of blastocysts in mice.

Phospholipase C-beta1 signaling affects reproductive behavior, ovulation, and implantation.

Differential expression and regulation by activin of the neurotrophins BDNF and NT4 during human and mouse ovarian development.

Decreased oocyte DAZL expression in mice results in increased litter size by modulating follicle-stimulating hormone-induced follicular growth.

Implantation failure in mice with a disruption in Phospholipase C beta 1 gene: lack of embryonic attachment, aberrant steroid hormone signalling and defective endocannabinoid metabolism.

Identification of cells migrating from the thecal layer of ovarian follicles.

Raman micro-spectroscopy can be used to investigate the developmental stage of the mouse oocyte.

Cisplatin and doxorubicin induce distinct mechanisms of ovarian follicle loss; imatinib provides selective protection only against cisplatin.

Docetaxel induces moderate ovarian toxicity in mice, primarily affecting granulosa cells of early growing follicles.

Use of ovary culture techniques in reproductive toxicology.