Orientation of Bull Sperms in Static Magnetic Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 60-65

  Emura, Runa ^a,b   Ashida, Nobuyuki ^a   Higashi, Terumasa ^a   Takeuchi, Tetsuya ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic magnetic susceptibility; DC magnetic field; Diamagnetic anisotropy; Magnetic orientation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; DC MAGNETIC FIELD; DIAMAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; GLUTARALDEHYDES; MAGNETIC ORIENTATION; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; SPERM CELLS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; WHOLE-BODY;

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; ORIENTATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0035227675     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200101)22:1<60::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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