Room temperature storage of mouse epididymal spermatozoa: Exploration of factors affecting sperm survival

Theriogenology

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1455-1469

  Sato, Masahiro ^a   Ishikawa, Aki ^a,b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Fertilization; In vitro fertilization; Mice; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; BICARBONATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEPES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; SOLUTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

MURINAE;

EID: 1542350046     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.07.013     Document Type: Article

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