Behavioral mechanism of human sperm in thermotaxis: A role for hyperactivation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 884-892

  Boryshpolets, Sergii ^a   Pérez Cerezales, Serafín ^a   Eisenbach, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

human sperm thermotaxis; sperm flagella; sperm guidance; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOTAXIS; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; FLAGELLUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TEMPERATURE; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

MAMMALIA;

FLAGELLA; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84926662071     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev002     Document Type: Article

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