Motility, viability, and calcium in the sperm cells

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 65-71

  Parodi, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calcium; Motility; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84901945265     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2013.869273     Document Type: Review

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