Epitestosterone and testosterone have similar nonclassical actions on membrane of Sertoli cells in whole seminiferous tubules

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-21

  De Castro, A L ^a   Cavalari, F C ^a   Diello, M V ^a   Fracasso, B M ^a   Loss, E S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

45Ca2+ uptake; androgens; membrane potential; testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; EPITESTOSTERONE; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL MEMBRANE; EPITESTOSTERONE; FLUTAMIDE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTOSTERONE; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84872305311     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1323705     Document Type: Article

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