Development of differential sperm tail swelling patterns during exposure of human spermatozoa to hypoosmotic environments regulated by a colloid osmotic pressure effect

Andrologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-86

  Correa Perez J R ^a   Fernandez Pelegrina R ^a   Zavos, P M ^b,c  

^a Centro de Fertilidad del Caribe   (Puerto Rico)

^b Andrology Institute of America   (United States)

^c Kentucky Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid osmotic pressure; Hypoosmotic; Proteins; Spermatozoa; Tail swelling patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COLLOID; EVALUATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

COLLOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 2442562515     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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