Maturation of sperm volume regulation in the rat epididymis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 578-590

  Damm, Oliver S ^a   Cooper, Trevor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

rat sperm; sperm maturation; volume regulation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; INOSITOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; QUININE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL SWELLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; INOSITOL; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77954389512     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.50     Document Type: Article

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