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List of works by Akihiko Watanabe

A Novel Cysteine Knot Protein for Enhancing Sperm Motility That Might Facilitate the Evolution of Internal Fertilization in Amphibians

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Contribution of different Ca²⁺ channels to the acrosome reaction-mediated initiation of sperm motility in the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster.

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

Distinct Ca2+ channels maintain a high motility state of the sperm that may be needed for penetration of egg jelly of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster.

scientific article published on 25 August 2013

Egg jelly of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster contains a factor essential for sperm binding to the vitelline envelope

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Egg-jelly structure promotes efficiency of internal fertilization in the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Identification of egg-jelly substances triggering sperm acrosome reaction in the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

In silico identification of the genes for sperm-egg interaction in the internal fertilization of the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster.

scientific article published in January 2014

NMDA-type glutamate receptors mediate the acrosome reaction and motility initiation in newt sperm

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Ordered progress of spermiogenesis to the fertilizable sperm of the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes, in cell culture

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Sperm motility initiating substance may be insufficient to induce forward motility of Cynops ensicauda sperm.

scientific article

Sperm motility initiation by egg jelly of the anuran, Discoglossus pictus may be mediated by sperm motility-initiating substance of the internally-fertilizing newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster

scientific article published on 18 July 2012

Sperm motility‐initiating substance in newt egg‐jelly induces differential initiation of sperm motility based on sperm intracellular calcium levels

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Sperm proteases that may be involved in the initiation of sperm motility in the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster.

scientific article published on 28 August 2014

Sperm storage influences the potential for spontaneous acrosome reaction of the sperm in the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Two states of active spermatogenesis switch between reproductive and non-reproductive seasons in the testes of the medaka, Oryzias latipes.

scientific article published on 15 June 2009