Environmental exposures, psychosocial stressors and nutrition are all potentially important
influences that may impact health outcomes directly or via interactions with the genome or …

Spermatozoa are highly vulnerable to oxidative attack because they lack significant
antioxidant protection due to the limited volume and restricted distribution of cytoplasmic …

Besides ATP production, mitochondria are key organelles in several cellular functions, such
as steroid hormone biosynthesis, calcium homoeostasis, intrinsic apoptotic pathway, and the …

Parental stress exposures are implicated in the risk for offspring neurodevelopmental and
neuropsychiatric disorders, prompting critical examination of preconception and prenatal …

Concentration, motility and morphology are parameters commonly used to determine the
fertilization potential of an ejaculate. These parameters give a general view on the quality of …

Though there are multiple routes through which parents can influence their offspring, recent
studies of environmentally induced epigenetic variation have highlighted the role of non …

With this review we try to give a comprehensive overview of the current methods used in
research to assess sperm quality. In addition, we identify some of the most important factors …

This article reports the results of the most recent in a series of EHSRE workshops designed
to synthesize the current state of the field in Andrology and provide recommendations for …

The advent of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in animals and humans implies an extraordinary
change in the environment where the beginning of a new organism takes place. In mammals …

Following testicular spermatogenesis, mammalian sperm continue to mature in a long
epithelial tube known as the epididymis, which plays key roles in remodeling sperm protein …