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Melvin G. Dodson
Researcher at East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
Publications - 18
Citations - 426
Melvin G. Dodson is an academic researcher from East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Semen & Platelet-activating factor. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 18 publications receiving 420 citations. Previous affiliations of Melvin G. Dodson include East Tennessee State University & University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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The effects of platelet-activating factor on the motility of human spermatozoa
Deborah D. Ricker,Deborah D. Ricker,Brijinder S. Minhas,Brijinder S. Minhas,Raj Kumar,Raj Kumar,J. Leonard Robertson,J. Leonard Robertson,Melvin G. Dodson,Melvin G. Dodson +9 more
TL;DR: Treatment of spermatozoa with PAF in severely asthenozoospermic males may be of therapeutic value, and the effects of synthetic PAF on the motility of human spermutozoa were evaluated.
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The presence of platelet-activating factor-like activity in human spermatozoa *
Brijinder S. Minhas,Brijinder S. Minhas,Raj Kumar,Raj Kumar,Deborah D. Ricker,Deborah D. Ricker,J. Leonard Robertson,J. Leonard Robertson,Melvin G. Dodson,Melvin G. Dodson +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided evidence for the existence of platelet-activating factor (PAF)-like activity in the lipid extracts of human spermatozoa, based on [3H]-serotonin release from washed rabbit platelets.
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Effects of platelet activating factor on mouse oocyte fertilization in vitro
Brijinder S. Minhas,Raj Kumar,Deborah D. Ricker,William E. Roudebush,Melvin G. Dodson,Stephen J. Fortunato +5 more
TL;DR: Data is presented that indicate a direct role of platelet activating factor in fertilization and an inhibitor of platelets activating factor was shown to significantly increase the fertilization rate of mouse oocytes in vitro.
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Platelet activating factor enhances in vitro fertilization of rabbit oocytes
TL;DR: These data show that synthetic platelet activating factor treatment of uncapacitated spermatozoa induces fertilization of rabbit oocytes in vitro in a manner similar to that for spermatozosa capacitated by high-ionic-strength media and significantly higher than that for untreated spermatoozoa or after treatment with the biologically inactive form of platelets activating factor.
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Spontaneous zona reaction in the mouse as a limiting factor for the time in which an oocyte may be fertilized.
TL;DR: The data suggest that the window of fertilizability is “closed” by a spontaneous zona reaction occurring at about 55 hr post-human chorionic gonadotropin with loss of cortical granules and zona hardening as manifested by increasing zona digestion time with 0.25% trypsin.