Assessment of mitochondrial potential: Implications for the correct monitoring of human sperm function

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Amaral, A ^a   Ramalho Santos, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Human sperm; JC 1; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial membrane potential; Mitochondrial probes; MitoTracker

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE 4 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)PHENYLHYDRAZONE; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; VALINOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBOCYANINES; CARBONYL CYANIDE P-TRIFLUOROMETHOXYPHENYLHYDRAZONE; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 74349089527     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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