Cryotolerance of stallion spermatozoa is related to ROS production and mitochondrial membrane potential rather than to the integrity of sperm nucleus

Andrology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 395-407

  Yeste, M ^a   Estrada, E ^a   Rocha, L G ^a   Marin H ^a   Rodriguez Gil J E ^a   Miro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Good and poor freezability ejaculates; ROS, sperm nucleus, cryotolerance; Sperm cryopreservation; Stallion

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SPERM HEAD PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZE THAWING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; STALLION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; HORSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HORSES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84928304314     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.291     Document Type: Article

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