Fertilizing capacity of rat spermatozoa is correlated with decline in straight-line velocity measured by continuous computer-aided sperm analysis: Epididymal rat spermatozoa from the proximal cauda have a greater fertilizing capacity in vitro than those from the distal cauda or vas deferens

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-60

  Moore, Harry D M ^a   Akhondi, Mehdi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CASA; Excurrent duct; IVF; Progressive sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS INJURY; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0029874827     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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