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Addition of Pharmacological Agents to the Ejaculate

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Homologous Artificial Insemination (AIH)

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Abstract

Knowledge of the anatomical mechanisms of sperm motility has come a long way from the homunculus theory suggested by Hartsoecker in 1698. Electron microscopic studies have shown that the motility of human spermatozoa is provided in the axial spiral complex of the tail (Pedersen 1970) by a sliding mechanism of the axonemal microtubules with respect to one another under the gripping action of the outer and inner dynein arms (Huxley 1969). This produces contractions and relaxations in the tail, propelling the spermatozoon in a quasipurposeful manner, a self-propulsion that must suffice if it is to achieve contact with the released ovum after the initial extra impetus given by the neuromuscular movements of the male reproductive tract and the possible copulatory motor activity of the female genital tract have finished.

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Paulson, J.D., Harrison, R., Schill, W.B., Barkay, J. (1980). Addition of Pharmacological Agents to the Ejaculate. In: Emperaire, J.C., Audebert, A., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Homologous Artificial Insemination (AIH). Clinics in Andrology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8817-0_7

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