Endocannabinoid-binding CB1 and TRPV1 receptors as modulators of sperm capacitation

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-70

  Bernabò, Nicola ^a   Palestini, Paola ^b   Chiarini, Marco ^a   Maccarrone, Mauro ^a,c   Mattioli, Mauro ^a   Barboni, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Endocannabinoid system; Spermatozoa; Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871417970     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.18118     Document Type: Article

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