Energetic metabolism and human sperm motility: Impact of CB1 receptor activation

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5882-5892

  Barbonetti, A ^a,b   Vassallo, M R C ^a   Fortunato, D ^a   Francavilla, S ^a   Maccarrone, M ^c,d   Francavilla, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; 5' IODORESINIFERATOXIN; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CASPASE; GLUCOSE; METHANANDAMIDE; RIMONABANT; ROTENONE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BORNANES; DITERPENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; ROTENONE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 78649851561     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0484     Document Type: Article

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