Role of sodium bicarbonate on the initiation of sperm motility in the Japanese eel

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 780-787

  Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Akazawa, Atsushi ^a   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Oka, Hideo P ^a   Kurokura, Hisashi ^b  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Anguilla japonica; Initiation of sperm motility; Sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 7544233809     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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