The endocannabinoid system in bull sperm and bovine oviductal epithelium: Role of anandamide in sperm-oviduct interaction

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-414

  Gervasi, María Gracia ^a   Rapanelli, Maximiliano ^b   Ribeiro, María Laura ^a   Farina, Mariana ^a   Billi, Silvia ^a   Franchi, Ana María ^a   Martinez, Silvina Perez ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Medicina Experimental   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; METHANANDAMIDE; RIMONABANT; AMIDASE; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXYL CARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; CYCLOHEXYL CARBAMIC ACID 3'-CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL-3-YL ESTER; FATTY-ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BULL (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE TUBE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BENZAMIDES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORNANES; CARBAMATES; CATTLE; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 66949171090     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0204     Document Type: Article

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