Dynamics of the Mammalian Sperm Head Modifications and Maturation Events From Spermatogenesis to Egg Activation /

• Main Author: Toshimori, Kiyotaka (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 204
• Subjects: Medicine.; Reproductive medicine.; Urology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Reproductive Medicine.

Mammalian spermatozoa have complex structures. The structure-function relationship of sperm has been studied from various viewpoints. Accumulated evidence has shown that the sperm components undergo sequential changes from the beginning of spermatogenesis to the time of fertilization/embryogenesis....

Table of Contents:

• Mammalian sperm head
• Sperm-Head Formation and Factors Affecting It
• Post-testicular modifications and maturation events occurring in the sperm
• Dynamics of the acrosome
• Dynamics of the perinuclear theca
• Dynamics of the sperm nucleus
• Dynamics of the membrane system
• Dynamics of egg (oocyte) activation
• Status of sperm-head components during normal fertilization, IVF, ICSI, and
• CONCLUSION.