Sperm motility: Is viscosity fundamental to progress?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 539-544

  Kirkman Brown, Jackson C ^a,b   Smith, David J ^a,b,c  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Flagellum; Oviductal secretions; Sperm motility; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUCUS; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX; VISCOSITY; FEMALE; MALE; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80055068447     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar043     Document Type: Review

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