Role of the ionic environment and internal pH on sperm activity

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 20-30

  Hamamah, Samir ^a,c   Gatti, Jean Luc ^b  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Human; Internal pH; Mammal; Motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; ION; SEA WATER;

AXONEME; BIRD; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PH; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DILUTION; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EXOCRINE GLAND; FERTILIZATION; FISH; GONAD; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; SEA URCHIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

AVES; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032450688     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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