Toxicity of glycerol for the stallion spermatozoa: Effects on membrane integrity and cytoskeleton, lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial membrane potential

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1280-1289

  Macias Garcia B ^a   Ortega Ferrusola, C ^a   Aparicio, I M ^a   Miro Moran A ^a   Morillo Rodriguez, A ^a   Gallardo Bolanos J M ^a   Gonzalez Fernandez L ^a   Balao da Silva, C M ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^b   Tapia, J A ^a   Pena F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cryopreservation; Glycerol; Sperm; Stallion; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; HORSE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; GLYCEROL; HORSES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84858288783     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.10.033     Document Type: Article

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