* Sympathetic fibres of the autonomic nervous system supply blood vessels and terminate on smooth muscle cells in the stroma around follicles.
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* Sympathetic fibres of the autonomic nervous system supply blood vessels and terminate on [[Muscles_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology#Smooth_Muscle|smooth muscle]] cells in the stroma around follicles.
* May play a role in follicular maturation and ovulation, but the main control is via the endocrine system.
* May play a role in follicular maturation and ovulation, but the main control is via the endocrine system.