"Sperm Head" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The anterior portion of the spermatozoon (SPERMATOZOA) that contains mainly the nucleus with highly compact CHROMATIN material.
| Descriptor ID |
D013077
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.890.820 A11.497.760.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Sperm Head- Sperm Head
- Head, Sperm
- Heads, Sperm
- Sperm Heads
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sperm Head" by people in Profiles.
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Chang YF, Lee-Chang JS, Imam JS, Buddavarapu KC, Subaran SS, Sinha-Hikim AP, Gorospe M, Rao MK. Interaction between microRNAs and actin-associated protein Arpc5 regulates translational suppression during male germ cell differentiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Apr 10; 109(15):5750-5.
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Aziz N, Sharma RK, Mahfouz R, Jha R, Agarwal A. Association of sperm morphology and the sperm deformity index (SDI) with poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage inhibition. Fertil Steril. 2011 Jun 30; 95(8):2481-4.
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Yamauchi Y, Riel JM, Wong SJ, Ojarikre OA, Burgoyne PS, Ward MA. Live offspring from mice lacking the Y chromosome long arm gene complement. Biol Reprod. 2009 Aug; 81(2):353-61.
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Ward MA. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection effects in infertile azh mutant mice. Biol Reprod. 2005 Jul; 73(1):193-200.
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Johnson JE, Higdon HL, Blackhurst DW, Boone WR. Expectations for oocyte fertilization and embryo cleavage after whole sperm versus sperm head intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Fertil Steril. 2004 Nov; 82(5):1412-7.
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Yamauchi Y, Yanagimachi R, Horiuchi T. Full-term development of golden hamster oocytes following intracytoplasmic sperm head injection. Biol Reprod. 2002 Aug; 67(2):534-9.
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Mohar I, Szczygiel MA, Yanagimachi R, Ward WS. Sperm nuclear halos can transform into normal chromosomes after injection into oocytes. Mol Reprod Dev. 2002 Jul; 62(3):416-20.
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Navara CS, First NL, Schatten G. Microtubule organization in the cow during fertilization, polyspermy, parthenogenesis, and nuclear transfer: the role of the sperm aster. Dev Biol. 1994 Mar; 162(1):29-40.