Effects of viscosity on sperm motility studied with optical tweezers

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hyun, Nicholas ^a   Chandsawangbhuwana, Charlie ^a   Zhu, Qingyuan ^b   Shi, Linda Z ^b   Yang Wong, Collin ^a   Berns, Michael W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane potential; Optical tweezers; Sperm motility; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CELLS, CULTURED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84864519218     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.2.025005     Document Type: Article

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