Controls of Serm Motility

Biological and Clinical Aspects
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-24340-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 912 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1990, this timely book provides the first comprehensive state-of-the-art updates on various aspects of sperm motility. The first section describes in detail the structures, molecules and regulatory mechanisms involved in sperm movement. Also reported are the effects of external milieu and egg factors on the initiation and types of sperm motility. The second section covers how to measure sperm motility in human semen and in capacitating media. The book addresses the prognostic value of motility parameters in cases of infertility. It covers the clinical significance of various drugs and toxins on sperm motility and the clinical management of infertile males with sperm motility defects. This volume is indispensable to biochemists, cell biologists and andrologists interested in cell motility, and to urologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, and endocrinologists involved in the management of infertility. It is of value to those in reproduction, animal science, veterinary science, and vertebrate zoology. The book contains basic and clinically relevant information for graduate students, researchers and clinicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gagnon, Claude

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Reproduktionsmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Controls of Sperm Mobility: Biological Aspects. 1. Mammalian Spermatozoa: Structure and Assembly of the Tail. 2. Beating Patterns of Mammalian Spermatozoa. 3. Genetic Analysis of Sperm Mobility. 4. A New Theory on the Acquisition of Sperm Motility During Epididymal Transit. 5. Interaction Between the Female Reproductive Tract Spermatozoa. 6. Capacitation, the Acrosome Reaction, the Motility in the Mammalian Sperm. 7. Mode of Action of Egg Peptides. 8. Sperm Chemotaxis. 9. Acquisition and Initiation of Sperm Motility. 10. The Energetic of Fish Sperm Motility. 11. The Bioenergetics of Mammalian Sperm Motility. 12. Structural and Biochemical Studies of the Dynein ATPase. 13. Protein-Carboxyl Methylation and Sperm Motility. 14. Role of cAMP, Calcium, and Protein Phosphorylation in Sperm Motility. 15. Protease Involvement in Sperm Motility. 16. Computerized Quantitation of Flagellar Motion in Mammalian Sperm. Part II: Controls of Sperm Motility: Clinical Aspects. 17. Semen Analysis and Sperm Washing Techniques. 18. Motility Parameters and Fertility. 19. Hyperactivated Motility of Human Spermatozoa During In vitro Capacitation and Implications for Fertility. 20. Influence of Seminal Plasma Components on Sperm Motility. 21. Clinical Management of Men with Disorders of Sperm Motility. 22. The Effects of Pharmaceutical, Environmental, and Occupational Agents on Sperm Motility. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Claude Gagnon