Human spermatozoa migration in microchannels reveals boundary-following navigation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 8007-8010

  Denissenko, Petr ^a,b   Kantsler, Vasily ^c   Smith, David J ^a,b,d   Kirkman Brown, Jackson ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell swimming; Motility; Reproduction; Thigmotaxis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VISCOSITY;

CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84861434417     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202934109     Document Type: Article

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