Bimodal rheotactic behavior reflects flagellar beat asymmetry in human sperm cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 52, 2015, Pages 15904-15909

  Bukatin, Anton ^a,b   Kukhtevich, Igor ^b,c   Stoop, Norbert ^d   Dunkel, Jörn ^d   Kantsler, Vasily ^e  

^a ST PETERSBURG ACADEMIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^c ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Microfluidics; Rheotaxis; Simulations; Sperm swimming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WAVEFORM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84952683505     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1515159112     Document Type: Article

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