Activation of GABAA receptor/Cl- channel and capacitation in rat spermatozoa: HCO3- and Cl- are essential

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Jin, Jian Yuan ^a,b   Chen, Wen Ying ^a,c   Zhou, Cheng Xi ^c   Chen, Zhang Hui ^a   Yu Ying, Yuan ^a   Ni, Ya ^a   Chan, Hsiao Chang ^c   Shi, Qi Xian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capacitation; GABA; GABAA receptor Cl channel; Hyperactivation; Sperm

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICARBONATE; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; PICROTOXIN; PROGESTERONE; GABA BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR CHLORIDE IONOPHORE COMPLEX; GABA-BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR-CHLORIDE IONOPHORE COMPLEX; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORIC ACID;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORIDES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; PERCHLORIC ACID; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67650948505     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19396360802626648     Document Type: Article

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