Effects of arachnotoxin on intracellular pH and calcium in human spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1345-1349

  Romero, Fernando ^a   Cunha, Maria Adelaide ^b   Sanchez, Raul ^a   Ferreira, Alice Teixeira ^b   Schor, Nestor ^b   Oshiro, Maria Etsuko Miyamoto ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnotoxin; human sperm; intracellular calcium; NA+ H+ exchanger; pHi

Indexed keywords

5 (N ETHYL N ISOPROPYL)AMILORIDE; [(2',7') BIS CARBOXYMETHYL) (5,6) CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN]ACETOXYMETHYL; ARACHNOTOXIN; CALCIUM ION; DYE; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; PROGESTERONE; PROTON; SODIUM ION; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPIDER;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; CALCIUM; FLUORESCEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 34249703057     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.054     Document Type: Article

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