Fabiana Fernandes Bressan

TL;DR: A more complete anatomic knowledge of the cerebral vessels of various model species is needed to develop more reliable models for objective results that improve knowledge the pathology of stroke in both human and veterinary medicine.

TL;DR: A number of phenotypes derived from the genetic manipulation of imprinted genes and other epigenetic modulators are summarized in an attempt to demonstrate that gene-targeting studies have contributed considerably to the knowledge of placentation and conceptus development.

TL;DR: Competent bovine embryos are able to regulate their mtDNA content at the blastocyst stage regardless of the copy numbers accumulated during oogenesis, which indicates that mt DNA content is not related to early developmental competence.

TL;DR: Glycerol provided the best results, although nearly 85% of spermatozoa showed some degree of injury in their membranes, suggesting that further studies are required to improve the results of cryopreservation of bovine semen.

TL;DR: Results support the hypothesis that the size of the POF alters the periovulatory endocrine milieu and acts on the uterus to alter endometrial gene expression and suggest that increased progesterone secretion of cows ovulating larger follicles is likely due to increased CL size rather than increased luteal expression of steroidogenic genes.