Improving the intracytoplasmic sperm injection technique by transmembrane electric potential monitoring

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 735-738

  Polcz, Tibor E ^a,b   Olive, David L ^a   Jones, Ervin E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advanced Reproductive Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Membrane potential; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROMANIPULATION; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030686624     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00282-3     Document Type: Article

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