A practical novel method for ensuring stable capacitation of spermatozoa from cryopreserved C57BL/6J sperm suspension

Experimental Animals

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-401

  Taguma, Kyuichi ^a,b   Nakamura, Chika ^a   Ozaki, Ai ^a   Suzuki, Chigusa ^a   Hachisu, Akiko ^a,b   Kobayashi, Kimio ^a   Mochida, Keiji ^a   Ogura, Atsuo ^a   Kaneda, Hideki ^a   Wakana, Shigeharu ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b JAC Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J; Capacitation; Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization; Sperm

Indexed keywords

BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CITRATE SODIUM; HYPOTAURINE; PENICILLAMINE; RAFFINOSE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MILK; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; RAT; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 73249125125     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.58.395     Document Type: Article

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