Effect of capacitation on the endocannabinoid system of mouse sperm

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Catanzaro, Giuseppina ^a,b   Battista, Natalia ^a   Rossi, Gianna ^c   Di Tommaso, Monia ^a   Pucci, Mariangela ^a   Pirazzi, Valentina ^a   Cecconi, Sandra ^c   Maccarrone, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 Arachidonoylglycerol; Anandamide; Capacitation; Mouse sperm

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; MESSENGER RNA; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; FEMALE; LIPID DEGRADATION; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR MODULATORS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCERIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OOCYTES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 80051560797     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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