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. 2019 Jul 30;10:968. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00968

TABLE 2.

Effects of GSK3α/β inhibitor on goat sperm motility parameters measured with CASA during acrosome reaction.

Sperm parameters NCM CM NCM+CHIR99021
Total motility (%) 83.8 ± 1.7b 87.1 ± 0.5a 87.8 ± 0.4a
Progressive motility (%) 46.3 ± 1.9c 72.2 ± 0.5a 57.8 ± 0.8b
VCL (μm/s) 79.3 ± 1.4c 135.2 ± 1.6a 102.5 ± 1.5b
VSL (μm/s) 26.5 ± 0.8c 49.8 ± 0.7a 33.4 ± 1.2b
VAP (μm/s) 26.2 ± 0.6c 47.4 ± 0.9a 35.7 ± 0.6b
BCF (Hz) 21.5 ± 0.3c 27.3 ± 0.3a 24.8 ± 0.3b
LIN (%) 26.5 ± 0.6c 39.1 ± 0.7a 29.9 ± 0.8b
WOB (%) 28.4 ± 0.4b 32.5 ± 0.4a 31.9 ± 0.3a

Values are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). Different letters within column indicate significant difference (p < 0.05). VCL, curvilinear velocity; VSL, straight-line velocity; VAP, average path velocity; BCF, beat-cross frequency; LIN, linearity; WOB, wobble.