Cooling and freezing of boar spermatozoa: Supplementation of the freezing media with reduced glutathione preserves sperm function

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-404

  Gadea, Joaquín ^a   García Vazquez, Francisco ^a   Matás, Carmen ^a   Gardón, Juan C ^a,b   Cánovas, Sebastían ^a   Gumbao, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora   (Argentina)

^c Universidad de Murcia ^*

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Capacitation status; Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization; Pig spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPROTECTION; FREEZING; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SWINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREEZING; GLUTATHIONE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 18244363853     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.04155     Document Type: Article

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