"Sperm Motility" 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.
Movement characteristics of SPERMATOZOA in a fresh specimen. It is measured as the percentage of sperms that are moving, and as the percentage of sperms with productive flagellar motion such as rapid, linear, and forward progression.
| Descriptor ID |
D013081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.992.812 E05.200.992.812 G04.198.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Sperm Motility- Sperm Motility
- Motilities, Sperm
- Motility, Sperm
- Sperm Motilities
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sperm Motility" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sperm Motility" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sperm Motility" by people in Profiles.
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Sadeghi N, Uboh N, Ross CN, McCarrey JR, Hermann BP. Best practices for cryopreserving sperm in Nonhuman Primates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep. 2025 01 31; 15(1):3947.
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Sadeghi N, Mustoe A, Ross CN, McCarrey JR, Hermann BP. Benchmarks defining high-quality sperm in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Andrology. 2025 Sep; 13(6):1530-1540.
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Virgous C, Lyons L, Sakwe A, Nayyar T, Goodwin S, Hildreth J, Osteen K, Bruner-Tran K, Alawode O, Bourne P, Hills ER, Archibong AE. Resumption of Spermatogenesis and Fertility Post Withdrawal of Hydroxyurea Treatment. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 May 27; 24(11).
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Li D, Huang S, Chai Y, Zhao R, Gong J, Zhang QC, Ou G, Wen W. A paternal protein facilitates sperm RNA delivery to regulate zygotic development. Sci China Life Sci. 2023 10; 66(10):2342-2353.
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Uzhachenko R, Boyd K, Olivares-Villagomez D, Zhu Y, Goodwin JS, Rana T, Shanker A, Tan WJ, Bondar T, Medzhitov R, Ivanova AV. Mitochondrial protein Fus1/Tusc2 in premature aging and age-related pathologies: critical roles of calcium and energy homeostasis. Aging (Albany NY). 2017 03 26; 9(3):627-649.
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Roach J, Schnobrich M, Ellerbrock R, Feijo L, Bradecamp E, Alvarenga MA, Kline K, Canisso I. Comparison of cushioned centrifugation and SpermFilter filtration on longevity and morphology of cooled-stored equine semen. Vet Rec. 2016 Mar 05; 178(10):241.
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Ortega EA, Ruthig VA, Ward MA. Sry-Independent Overexpression of Sox9 Supports Spermatogenesis and Fertility in the Mouse. Biol Reprod. 2015 Dec; 93(6):141.
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Gray SL, Lackey BR, Boone WR. Impact of kudzu and puerarin on sperm function. Reprod Toxicol. 2015 Jun; 53:54-62.
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Farombi EO, Adedara IA, Forcados GE, Anao OO, Agbowo A, Patlolla AK. Responses of testis, epididymis, and sperm of pubertal rats exposed to functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Environ Toxicol. 2016 May; 31(5):543-51.
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Schmid TE, Grant PG, Marchetti F, Weldon RH, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ. Elemental composition of human semen is associated with motility and genomic sperm defects among older men. Hum Reprod. 2013 Jan; 28(1):274-82.