Cathine and norephedrine, both phenylpropanolamines, accelerate capacitation and then inhibit spontaneous acrosome loss

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 198-207

  Adeoya Osiguwa, Susan A ^a   Fraser, Lynn R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Adrenergic receptors; cAMP; Capacitation; G proteins

Indexed keywords

2 [4 (2 CARBOXYETHYL)PHENETHYLAMINO]ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PROGESTERONE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CATHA; CATHA EDULIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 12444272724     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh566     Document Type: Article

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