Generation of live rats produced by in vitro fertilization using cryopreserved spermatozoa

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-510

  Seita, Yasunari ^a   Sugio, Shuhei ^a   Ito, Junya ^a   Kashiwazaki, Naomi ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Cryopreservation; Embryo; In vitro fertilization; Rat; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYCLIC AMP; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PRONUCLEUS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

RATTUS;

EID: 62149112915     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.072918     Document Type: Article

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