The paradoxical relationship between stallion fertility and oxidative stress

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Gibb, Zamira ^a   Lambourne, Sarah R ^a   Aitken, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertility; Oxidative phosphorylation; Reactive oxygen species; Spermatozoa; Stallion; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIMYCIN A1; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; DNA; OXYGEN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; ROTENONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERTILITY; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STALLION; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; DRUG EFFECTS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; INBRED STRAIN; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FERTILITY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFERTILITY, MALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 84919869223     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.118539     Document Type: Article

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