The presence and function of dopamine type 2 receptors in boar sperm: A possible role for dopamine in viability, capacitation, and modulation of sperm motility

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-761

  Ramírez, Alfredo R ^a   Castro, Maite A ^a   Angulo, Constanza ^a   Ramió, Laura ^b   Rivera, M Montserrat ^b   Torres, Mauricio ^a   Rigau, Teresa ^b   Rodíguez Gil, Joan E ^b   Concha, Ilona I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Dopamine; Dopamine receptors; Dopamine transporter; Neurotransmitters; Signal transduction; Sperm capacitation; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BROMOCRIPTINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 65249165394     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.070961     Document Type: Article

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