Rachael P. Norris

Cyclic GMP from the surrounding somatic cells regulates cyclic AMP and meiosis in the mouse oocyte

Rachael P. Norris, William J. Ratzan, Marina Freudzon et al. · Development · 2009 · 509 citations · Full text

Luteinizing hormone causes MAP kinase-dependent phosphorylation and closure of connexin 43 gap junctions in mouse ovarian follicles: one of two paths to meiotic resumption

Rachael P. Norris, Marina Freudzon, Lisa M. Mehlmann et al. · Development · 2008 · 253 citations · Full text

Oocyte, Female Reproductive System, Cytoskeleton +16

Intercellular signaling via cyclic GMP diffusion through gap junctions restarts meiosis in mouse ovarian follicles

Leia C. Shuhaibar, Jeremy R. Egbert, Rachael P. Norris et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 161 citations · Full text

Luteinizing hormone reduces the activity of the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase in mouse ovarian follicles, contributing to the cyclic GMP decrease that promotes resumption of meiosis in oocytes

Jerid W. Robinson, Meijia Zhang, Leia C. Shuhaibar et al. · Developmental Biology · 2012 · 147 citations · Full text

Oocyte, Developmental Biology, Fertility +15

Epidermal growth factor receptor kinase activity is required for gap junction closure and for part of the decrease in ovarian follicle cGMP in response to LH

Rachael P. Norris, Marina Freudzon, Viacheslav O. Nikolaev et al. · Reproduction · 2010 · 98 citations · Full text

Human Growth, Gynecology, Cell Proliferation +23