Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27773888›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of reproduction and development2017

γ-Aminobutyric acid suppresses enhancement of hamster sperm hyperactivation by 5-hydroxytryptamine.

Masakatsu Fujinoki, Gen L Takei

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Article in The Journal of reproduction and development, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Regulation of spermatozoal capacitation by serotonin.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026
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  7. Enhancement of rat spermatozoal hyperactivation by progesterone.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2023
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  10. Gut microbiota supports male reproductionFrontiers in microbiology · 2022
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  11. Serotonergic signals enhanced hamster sperm hyperactivation.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2021
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  13. Flagellar hyperactivation of bull and boar spermatozoa.Reproductive medicine and biology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Masakatsu FujinokiDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Gen L Takei

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sperm hyperactivation is regulated by hormones present in the oviduct. In hamsters, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) enhances hyperactivation associated with the 5HT

Indexed as

AnimalsEstradiolEstrogensFemalegamma-Aminobutyric AcidMaleMesocricetusOocytesOviductsProgesteroneReceptors, GABA-AReceptors, SerotoninSerotoninSpermatozoaSperm CapacitationSperm MotilityEstradiolEstrogensgamma-Aminobutyric AcidProgesteroneReceptors, GABA-AReceptors, SerotoninSerotoninserotonin 5 receptor

Identifiers

PMID27773888
PMCPMC5320432

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