Anandamide induces sperm release from oviductal epithelia through nitric oxide pathway in bovines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Osycka Salut, Claudia ^a   Gervasi, María Gracia ^a   Pereyra, Elba ^a   Cella, Maximiliano ^a   Ribeiro, María Laura ^a   Franchi, Ana María ^a   Perez Martinez, Silvina ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ARGININE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHANANDAMIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BULL (BOVINE); CELL INTERACTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84857163557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030671     Document Type: Article

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