New insights into sperm physiology and pathology

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2010, Pages 99-115

  Aitken, R John ^a   Baker, Mark A ^a   De Iuliis, Geoffry N ^a   Nixon, Brett ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatin protamination; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species DNA damage; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTRACEPTION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE INFERTILITY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77956937845     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02062-9_7     Document Type: Review

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