THE CONTRACEPTIVE POTENTIAL OF FERTILIZATION - A PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Authors
BEDFORD JM
Citation
Jm. Bedford, THE CONTRACEPTIVE POTENTIAL OF FERTILIZATION - A PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, Human reproduction, 9(5), 1994, pp. 842-858
Citations number
143
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology
Journal title
Human reproduction → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681161
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
842 - 858
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1161(1994)9:5<842:TCPOF->2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Several separate events of the fertilization sequence (sperm capacitat ion, regulated sperm transport in the oviduct, sperm-cumulus interacti on, sperm-zona binding, the acrosome reaction, zona penetration, gamet e fusion) represent points at which conception might be preventable. E ach is considered variously with reference to its biological significa nce, what is known about the mechanisms involved, the issues that rema in to be resolved, and the prospects for specific inhibition.