Voltage-dependent calcium influx in human sperm assessed by simultaneous optical detection of intracellular calcium and membrane potential

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1372, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Linares Hernández, Laura ^a   Guzmán Grenfell, Alberto Martín ^b   Hicks Gomez, Juan Jose ^b   González Martínez, Marco T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

(Human); Acrosome reaction; Calcium channel blocker; DiSC3(5); Fura 2; Intracellular calcium; Membrane potential; Membrane potential sensitive dye; Nickel; Nifedipine; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DYE; FURA 2; IONOMYCIN; NIFEDIPINE; NIGERICIN; VALINOMYCIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NICKEL; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; VALINOMYCIN;

EID: 0032562962     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(98)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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