title: No effect of voluntary exercise on ovarian follicle in rats.
abstract: The present study was to clarify the relationship between voluntary exercise and follicular growth or ovulation. Rats kept for 4 weeks in a rotating drum with free access to the wheel, food and water ran 2-12 km per day. The number of ova shed after superovulation treatments and the number of non-atretic follicles were not influenced by voluntary exercise. These experiments demonstrate that spontaneous voluntary exercise does not affect either the number of ova shed or the number of non-atretic follicles in superovulating rats or control rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagabu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mamba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Makita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology; D010060:Ovulation / Q000502:physiology*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar