title: The use of the Salt Stored Zona Assay in the study of the sperm function: methodological approach.
abstract: The authors mention many tests to study sperm function. On their opinion, the best model to evaluate spermo-oocyte interaction is the in vitro fertilization but it cannot be considered a test for ethical and practical problems. To overcome these problems they propose the Salt Stored Zona Assay to evaluate the spermatozoa.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology of Reproduction, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lenzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lombardo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dondero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Micara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verlengia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aragona
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D015044:Zona Pellucida / Q000502:physiology*