Sperm Capacitation

Known as: Capacitation of Spermatozoa, Capacitation, Sperm, Spermatozoa Capacitation

A process required for sperm to reach fertilization competence. Sperm undergo an incompletely understood series of morphological and molecular…

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1987

Optimization of each step in the standard protocol of the sperm penetration assay has increased the sensitivity of the…

1984

Zona-free hamster oocytes were incubated in vitro with human spermatozoa treated with heparin for 5, 10, 20, and 30 min. Sperm…

1981

Spermatozoa and eggs of one species were transferred into the oviducts of other species to examine the specificity of mammalian…

1980

The changes of swimming patterns of spermatozoa accompanying capacitation were studied. The spermatozoa were seen to begin…

1980

There have been conflicting reports concerning the involvement of cyclic nucleotides in sperm capacitation. We have examined the…

1972

Since the recognition by Austin (1951) and Chang (1951) that rabbit spermatozoa require a period of time within the female tract…

1970

Experiments were performed to investigate the importance of hormones in the regulation of sperm capacitation in penetrating the…

1967

Summary A fluorometric technique for measurement of sperm capacitation is described. Rabbit sperm were labeled with tetracycline…

1967

The most important aspect of the relationship between mammalian spermatozoa and the female tract to be revealed so far is the…

1967

Rabbit bull and human spermatozoa were labelled with tetracycline HCl (T-HCl) causing them to fluoresce in order to study…