Human seminal plasma inhibits brain nitric oxide synthase activity

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-565

  Schaad, Nicolas C ^a   Zhang, Xiao Qian ^a,b   Campana, Aldo ^b   Schorderet Slatkine, Sabine ^b,c  

^a Div of Clinical Psychopharmacology   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Maternité   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0029966493     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.3.561     Document Type: Article

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