Modelling a tethered mammalian sperm cell undergoing hyperactivation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 309, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Curtis, M P ^a,b   Kirkman Brown, J C ^b,c   Connolly, T J ^b,c   Gaffney, E A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beat patterns; Capacitation; Flagellum; Resistive force theory; Sperm binding

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MAMMAL; MODEL TEST; NEWTONIAN FLUID; SPERM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FORCE; MAMMAL CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTIVE FORCE THEORY MODEL; SPERM CELL HYPERACTIVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WAVEFORM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862638796     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.035     Document Type: Article

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