The influence of non polar and polar molecules in mouse motile cells membranes and pure lipid bilayers.

We report an experimental study of mouse sperm motility that shows chief aspects characteristic of neurons: the anesthetic (produced by tetracaine) and excitatory (produced by either caffeine or calcium) effects and their antagonic action. While tetracaine inhibits sperm motility and caffeine has an...

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Main Authors: Francisco J Sierra-Valdez, Linda S Forero-Quintero, Patricio A Zapata-Morin, Miguel Costas, Arturo Chavez-Reyes, Jesús C Ruiz-Suárez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3614556?pdf=render