Title

• Revisiting concepts on ovarian folliculogenesis and function of the reproductive axis  
  Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes and Almudena Veiga-Lopez

    1

• Role of bone morphogenetic proteins in follicle development  
  Carlos J H Souza, Eduardo O Melo, Jose C F Moraes and David T Baird

    27

• Regulation of ovarian follicle assembly and development in mammals  
  Sandra Cecconi, Stefania Nottola and Rita Canipari

    43

• Extracellular matrix in ovarian follicular and luteal development  
  Helen F Irving-Rodgers and Raymond J Rodgers

    83

• Immunoregulation of ovarian homeostasis  
  Antonin Bukovsky, Satish K. Gupta, Marta Svetlikova, Rachel S. White, Pleas Copas, Nirmala B. Upadhyaya and Stuart E. Van Meter

    113

• Social factors affecting ovarian function  
  Rodolfo Ungerfeld

    169

• Current trends in modification of ovarian function by pharmacological approaches  
  Teresa Encinas and Jose Maria Ros

    223

• Effects of environmental contaminants on ovarian function and fertility  
  Germaine M. Buck Louis and Maureen A. Cooney

    249

• Environmental influences on ovarian follicle function  
  Paola Pocar, Tiziana A. L. Brevini and Fulvio Gandolfi

    269

• Phytoestrogen action on the ovary  
  Renata Ciereszko, Anna Nynca and Olga Kraszewska

    303

• Developmental programming of ovarian dysfunction  
  Vasantha Padmanabhan, Almudena Veiga-Lopez, David H Abbott and Daniel A Dumesic

    329