In this study, sperm characteristics (motility parameters and ionic composition of seminal plasma) and effect of ions on motility (duration of motility of sperm and percentage of motile spermatozoa) and fertilization capacity (fertilization rate, hatching rate, survival rate and larvae length) were investigated in Ctenopharyngdon idella. The longest duration of motility obtained in solution con...

In this study, sperm characteristics (motility parameters and ionic composition of seminal plasma) and effect of ions on motility (duration of motility of sperm and percentage of motile spermatozoa) and fertilization capacity (fertilization rate, hatching rate, survival rate and larvae length) were investigated in Ctenopharyngdon idella. The longest duration of motility obtained in solution con...

Background: Taurine regulates an unusual number of biological phenomena,including heart rhythm, contractile function, blood pressure, platelet aggregation, neuronal excitability and body temperature. It appears to be a sperm motility factor (SMF), although the mechanism that maintains motility has apparently not been elucidated. It may act by alterations in either ion transport (osmoregulation)...

The vagus nerve is a major component of the autonomic nervous system and plays a critical role in many body functions including for example, speech, swallowing, heart rate and respiratory control, gastric secretion, and intestinal motility. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) refers to any technique that stimulates the vagus nerve, with electrical stimulation being the most important. Implantable dev...

BACKGROUND The following case emphasizes the importance of including IgG4-related disease (RD) in the differential diagnosis of intraocular inflammation and multiple cranial nerve palsies. RESULTS A 33-year-old man, with a history of idiopathic bilateral panuveitis, presented with a new right pupillary-sparing partial third nerve palsy, which spontaneously resolved in 2 weeks, but was followe...

cryopreservation is as an effective way to prevent species extinction risk. in this study, we have investigated the protective effect of different concentrations cryoprotectant and effect of different dilution ratios on sperm motility percent and its motility duration after thaw. for this work dimethyl sulfoxide, methanol and ethylene glycol was used as cryoprotectant, each at concentration of ...

in order to determine calcium (ca), magnesium (mg) content and total antioxidant capacity (tac) of seminal plasma in buffalo and to study their associations with the semen characteristics, 54 semen samples were collected from 10 buffalo bulls; semen quality was evaluated, seminal plasma was then harvested by centrifugation and its ca and mg content were estimated and its tac determined. the ca ...

The upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract undergoes a temporally coordinated cyclic motor pattern known as the migrating motor complex (MMC) in both dogs and humans during the fasted state. Feeding results in replacement of the MMC by a pattern of noncyclic, intermittent contractile activity termed as postprandial contractions. Although the MMC is known to be stimulated by motilin, recent studies h...