Vol. 71 Issue 2 2025

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Vol. 71  Issue 2 2025

• Opinions and Hypotheses
  

  Can thermoregulatory response to heat stress be improved in lactating dairy cows? Insights from counter-current heat transfer systems impacting reproduction

  Fernando LÓPEZ-GATIUS

  J Reprod Dev. 2025 Jan 16;71(2):68–70. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2024-101

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  Involvement of nuclear receptor corepressor 2 (NCOR2) in estrogen-induced repression of arcuate Kiss1 expression in female rats

  Marina TAKIZAWA, Sae MIYAZAKI, Hitomi TSUCHIDA, Mayuko NAGAE, Shunsuke SEKI, Masumi HIRABAYASHI, Fumitaka OSAKADA, Naoko INOUE, Hiroko TSUKAMURA, Yoshihisa UENOYAMA

  J Reprod Dev. 2025 Jan 27;71(2):71–84. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2024-100

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  Influences of 5-hydroxytriptamine on sperm hyperactivation and in vitro fertility in rats

  Yuki KOYANO, Masakatsu FUJINOKI

  J Reprod Dev. 2024 Dec 9;71(1):24–34. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2024-093

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  Factors influencing in vivo embryo production in Japanese Black donors: The role of anti-Müllerian hormone and inflammation parameters

  Hiroaki OKAWA, Norihiro YUKIYAMA, Osamu YAMATO, Akira GOTO, Oky Setyo WIDODO, Yasuo FUSHIMI, Mitsuhiro TAKAGI

  J Reprod Dev. 2025 Jan 31;71(2):93–98. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2024-092

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  Improving porcine in vitro blastocyst development using fetal bovine serum, amino acids, and insulin-transferrin-selenium

  Ba Anh My LE, Lien Boi Linh NGUYEN, Chi Thien LAM, Nhat-Thinh NGUYEN, Ngoc Thao Vy NGUYEN, Van Thuan NGUYEN, Hong-Thuy BUI

  J Reprod Dev. 2025 Mar 8;71(2):99–109. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2024-095

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• Technology Report
  

  Suppression of porcine polyspermy using mechanical vibrations during in vitro fertilization

  Takehiro HIMAKI, Kohei SHINADA, Asumi YAEGASHI

  J Reprod Dev. 2025 Feb 10;71(2):110–114. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2024-042

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