Lack of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channel Opening during the Calcium Influx Induced by Progesterone in Human Sperm. Effect of Calcium Channel Deactivation and Inactivation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-122

  Guzmán Grenfell, Alberto Martín ^a   González Martinez, Marco T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Intracellular calcium; Mammalian sperm; Membrane potential; Membrane potential sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

EID: 0346993058     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02766.x     Document Type: Article

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