title: Behavioral mechanisms of mammalian sperm guidance.
abstract: In mammals, sperm guidance in the oviduct appears essential for successful sperm arrival at the oocyte. Hitherto, three different potential sperm guidance mechanisms have been recognized: thermotaxis, rheotaxis, and chemotaxis, each of them using specific stimuli - a temperature gradient, fluid flow, and a chemoattractant gradient, respectively. Here, we review sperm behavioral in these mechanisms and indicate commonalities and differences between them.
authors.forename: Serafin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perez-Cerezales
authors.forename: Sergii
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boryshpolets
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001 Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eisenbach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010057:Oviducts / Q000502:physiology*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*