Human sperm pattern of movement during chemotactic re-orientation towards a progesterone source

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 769-773

  Blengini, Cecilia Soledad ^a   Teves, Maria Eugenia ^a   Ũates, Diego Rafael ^a   Guidobaldi, Héctor Alejandro ^a   Gatica, Laura Virginia ^a   Giojalas, Laura Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

chemotaxis; human spermatozoa; progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

CHEMOTAXIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 80052461744     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.27     Document Type: Article

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