The effects of radiation on sperm swimming behavior depend on plasma oxidative status in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-112

  Bonisoli Alquati, Andrea ^a,b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c,d   Rudolfsen, Geir ^e   Saino, Nicola ^a   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Ostermiller, Shanna ^b   Mousseau, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; DNA damage; Oxidative stress; Radioactive contamination; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 79953714236     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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