Behavior of mouse spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract from soon after mating to the beginning of fertilization

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Muro, Yuko ^a   Hasuwa, Hidetoshi ^a   Isotani, Ayako ^a   Miyata, Haruhiko ^a   Yamagata, Kazuo ^a,c   Ikawa, Masahito ^a   Yanagimachi, Ryuzo ^b   Okabe, Masaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ampulla; Isthmus; Mouse; Oviduct; Sperm migration; Uterotubal junction

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MATING; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERUS; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVIDUCTS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84969543388     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.135368     Document Type: Article

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