A remarkable increase in the pHi sensitivity of voltage-dependent calcium channels occurs in human sperm incubated in capacitating conditions

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-109

  Del Carmen Neri Vidaurri, Paloma ^a   Torres Flores, Víctor ^a   González Martínez, Marco T ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Fura ff; Human sperm; Intracellular calcium; Intracellular pH; VDCC

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALIES; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33645096740     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.02.095     Document Type: Article

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