We recommend dogs not be around female dogs in heat until 60 days post-procedure to be certain any sperm stored
in the epididymis are gone.
Therefore, the observed male sterility of the Boule homozygous mutant mice appears to be due to a complete absence of sperm
in the epididymis.
The virus also seemed to shrink the infected mice's testes and damage tissue
in the epididymis, a small tube that transports sperm.
But mice dads that lacked this receptor
in the epididymis had offspring with normal hormonal responses.
The results offer an explanation of how stress can change sperm: By activating the glucocorticoid receptor, stress tweaks the RNA
in epididymis vesicles.
Not exact matches
In males, the Wolffian duct develops into the parts needed to ejaculate sperm, including the
epididymis, vas deferens and seminal vesicles.
The protein, called Eppin, has been found so far on the surface of sperm cells and elsewhere
in the testes and
epididymis.
Fat mass
in the liver and the duct surrounding the testicles (
epididymis) was also decreased
in the deficient group.
Expression of apolipoprotein E mRNA
in the epithelium and interstitium of the testis and the
epididymis.
The total sperm concentration obtained from the
epididymis was lower
in the IVC males
in comparison with the control (n = 25: 5.8 × 106 spermatozoa
in IVC; n = 14: 14.5 × 106 spermatozoa
in control).
My GP is baffled, and thinks (by process of elimination) it could be «chemical epididymitis», which is where a structural defect
in my urinary tract is allowing urine from my bladder to flow back into my
epididymis.