S A Nottola

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Affiliation: University of Rome La Sapienza
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Ultrastructure of isolated mouse ovarian follicles cultured in vitro
    Stefania A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
    Reprod Biol Endocrinol 9:3. 2011
  2. ncbi Blood vessel remodeling in pig ovarian follicles during the periovulatory period: an immunohistochemistry and SEM-corrosion casting study
    Alessandra Martelli
    Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Piazza A, Moro, 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy
    Reprod Biol Endocrinol 7:72. 2009
  3. ncbi Ultrastructural markers of quality in human mature oocytes vitrified using cryoleaf and cryoloop
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Sapienza University, Rome 00161, Italy
    Reprod Biomed Online 19:17-27. 2009
  4. ncbi Ultrastructure of human mature oocytes after slow cooling cryopreservation with ethylene glycol
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Sapienza University, Rome 00161, Italy
    Reprod Biomed Online 17:368-77. 2008
  5. ncbi Ultrastructure of human mature oocytes after slow cooling cryopreservation using different sucrose concentrations
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    Hum Reprod 22:1123-33. 2007
  6. ncbi Ultrastructural characteristics of human granulosa cells in a coculture system for in vitro fertilization
    Stefania A Nottola
    Laboratory for Electron Microscopy Pietro M Motta, Department of Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    Microsc Res Tech 69:508-16. 2006
  7. ncbi Surface morphology of the zona pellucida surrounding human blastocysts obtained after in vitro fertilization
    Stefania A Nottola
    Department of Human Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    Arch Histol Cytol 68:133-41. 2005
  8. ncbi In vitro fertilized human eggs. An electron microscopic study
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Ital J Anat Embryol 106:75-83. 2001
  9. ncbi Egg-sperm interactions in humans: ultrastructural aspects
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Ital J Anat Embryol 103:85-101. 1998
  10. ncbi The angioarchitecture of estrous, pseudopregnant and pregnant rabbit ovary as seen by scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University La Sapienza, via A Borelli 50, I 00161 Rome, Italy
    Cell Tissue Res 288:353-63. 1997

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Publications18

  1. ncbi Ultrastructure of isolated mouse ovarian follicles cultured in vitro
    Stefania A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
    Reprod Biol Endocrinol 9:3. 2011
    ..However, a very few reports concern the ultrastructural morphology of in vitro grown follicles...
  2. ncbi Blood vessel remodeling in pig ovarian follicles during the periovulatory period: an immunohistochemistry and SEM-corrosion casting study
    Alessandra Martelli
    Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Piazza A, Moro, 45, 64100 Teramo, Italy
    Reprod Biol Endocrinol 7:72. 2009
    ..The swine model was chosen because it is characterized by a long periovulatory window (about 40-44 hrs-similar to human) that permits to recover follicles at a precise endocrinological timing...
  3. ncbi Ultrastructural markers of quality in human mature oocytes vitrified using cryoleaf and cryoloop
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Sapienza University, Rome 00161, Italy
    Reprod Biomed Online 19:17-27. 2009
    ..The variety of ultrastructural alterations recorded emphasizes the need for further studies aimed at assessing the actual tolerance of human oocytes to vitrification...
  4. ncbi Ultrastructure of human mature oocytes after slow cooling cryopreservation with ethylene glycol
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Sapienza University, Rome 00161, Italy
    Reprod Biomed Online 17:368-77. 2008
    ..Thus, the ethylene glycol-based protocol of slow cooling herein described does not seem to offer significant advantages in terms of oocyte structural preservation...
  5. ncbi Ultrastructure of human mature oocytes after slow cooling cryopreservation using different sucrose concentrations
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    Hum Reprod 22:1123-33. 2007
    ..We studied the ultrastructural characteristics of human mature oocytes frozen/thawed (F/T) using different concentrations of sucrose. Fresh human mature oocytes were used as controls...
  6. ncbi Ultrastructural characteristics of human granulosa cells in a coculture system for in vitro fertilization
    Stefania A Nottola
    Laboratory for Electron Microscopy Pietro M Motta, Department of Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    Microsc Res Tech 69:508-16. 2006
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  7. ncbi Surface morphology of the zona pellucida surrounding human blastocysts obtained after in vitro fertilization
    Stefania A Nottola
    Department of Human Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    Arch Histol Cytol 68:133-41. 2005
    ..The blastocyst ZP surface ultrastructure was unaffected by the fertilization technique (cIVF or ICSI). These data suggest that blastocyst survival in vitro is related to ZP ultrastructure maintenance...
  8. ncbi In vitro fertilized human eggs. An electron microscopic study
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Ital J Anat Embryol 106:75-83. 2001
    ..Intracytoplasmic sperm injection technique does not seem to significantly alter fertilized egg morphology...
  9. ncbi Egg-sperm interactions in humans: ultrastructural aspects
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Ital J Anat Embryol 103:85-101. 1998
    ....
  10. ncbi The angioarchitecture of estrous, pseudopregnant and pregnant rabbit ovary as seen by scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University La Sapienza, via A Borelli 50, I 00161 Rome, Italy
    Cell Tissue Res 288:353-63. 1997
    ....
  11. ncbi Ultrastructural features of bovine cumulus-corona cells surrounding oocytes, zygotes and early embryos
    G Familiari
    Department of Human Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Reprod Fertil Dev 10:315-26. 1998
    ..The presence of CC cells around the maturing oocyte and fertilized egg could have important functions related to the microenvironmental requirements of ovum maturation as well as facilitating activities related to fertilization...
  12. ncbi Natural history of the female germ cell from its origin to full maturation through prenatal ovarian development
    P M Motta
    Department of Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 75:5-10. 1997
    ..The presence of morphofunctionally relevant interactions between the differentiating female gamete and the surrounding somatic microenvironment has also been evaluated and discussed...
  13. ncbi Mitochondrial morphology in human fetal and adult female germ cells
    P M Motta
    Department of Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Hum Reprod 15:129-47. 2000
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  14. ncbi The microvasculature of the corpus luteum in pregnant rabbit. A scanning electron microscopy study of corrosion casts
    G Macchiarelli
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Ital J Anat Embryol 103:191-202. 1998
    ..This may be probably related to the significant increase of the ovarian blood flow necessary for the maintenance of CL endocrine functions during pregnancy...
  15. ncbi Ultrastructure and distribution of interstitial glandular cells and associated elements in human fetal ovaries
    S A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Arch Histol Cytol 63:345-55. 2000
    ..We thus suggest that IGCs and associated cells may form a glandular unit in the human fetal ovary similar to that in the adult testis, and this structure is likely involved in early steroid secretion during gonadal differentiation...
  16. ncbi The human zona pellucida and scanning electron microscopy. Reality or artifacts?
    G Familiari
    Department of Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    Ital J Anat Embryol 106:33-41. 2001
    ..We think that the ZP "spongy" or "compact" appearance is only the result of microfilaments network collapse, not the true three-dimensional (3-D) representation of ZP structure...
  17. ncbi Cryopreservation and xenotransplantation of human ovarian tissue: an ultrastructural study
    Stefania A Nottola
    Department of Anatomy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    Fertil Steril 90:23-32. 2008
    ..To analyze the ultrastructure of human ovarian follicles after cryopreservation and short-term xenografting...
  18. ncbi Preservation of fertility in young cancer patients: contribution of transmission electron microscopy
    Alessandra Camboni
    Department of Gynecology, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
    Reprod Biomed Online 17:136-50. 2008
    ..Fine ultrastructural details highlighted by TEM studies will be useful for the further optimization of these emerging technologies...