Cellular localization of GABA and GABAB receptor subunit proteins during spermiogenesis in rat testis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-493

  Kanbara, Kiyoto ^a   Okamoto, Keiko ^b   Nomura, Sakashi ^c   Kaneko, Takeshi ^b   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^d   Azuma, Haruhito ^a   Katsuoka, Yoji ^a   Watanabe, Masahito ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome; GABAergic system; Immunocytochemistry; Spermatid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 20544433960     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.04185     Document Type: Article

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