Idiopathic infertility: Susceptibility of spermatozoa to in-vitro capacitation, in the presence and the absence of palmitylethanolamide (a homologue of anandamide), is strongly correlated with membrane polarity studied by Laurdan fluorescence

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Ambrosini, A ^a   Zolese, G ^a   Wozniak, M ^b   Genga, D ^a   Boscaro, M ^a   Mantero, F ^c   Balercia, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Generalized polarization; Laurdan; Male infertility; Spermatozoa capacitation

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CALCIUM ION; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; LAURDAN; MEROCYANINE; PALMITYLETHANOLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID BILAYER; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; FLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0038148737     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gag056     Document Type: Article

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