Significance of midpiece vesicles and functional integrity of the membranes of human spermatozoa after osmotic stress

Andrologia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Chantler, E ^a   Abraham Peskir, J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Osmotic stress; Plasmalemma; Spermatozoa; Vesicles; X ray microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROPIDIUM; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 2442591782     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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