Involvement of potassium and chloride channels and other transporters in volume regulation by spermatozoa

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 13, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 3222-3230

  Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Yeung, C H ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloride Channel; KCl Symporter; Potassium Channel Blockers; Sperm Volume; TASK2

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; APAMIN; BARIUM; BUMETANIDE; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLOFILIUM; CYCLOSPORIN; FLECAINIDE; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; KETOCONAZOLE; MARGATOXIN; NIFEDIPINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; QUININE; TAMOXIFEN; VERAPAMIL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CELL SWELLING; DRUG STRUCTURE; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 36749005558     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161207782341240     Document Type: Review

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