Evaluation of motility, fertilizing ability and embryonic development of murine epididymal sperm after coculture with epididymal epithelium

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1451-1456

  Bongso, A ^a   Trounson, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Epididymal epithelium coculture; Fertilizing ability; Motility; Murine spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; CAPUT; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0029666480     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019418     Document Type: Article

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