Oestradiol changes the dielectric structure of bilayer membranes.
The addition of the hormone Oestradiol to Phosphatidylcholine-Cholesterol membrane changes the frequency dependence of the membrane impedance. It increases severalfold the electrical admittance of the polar regions and consequently provides a conducting shunt from the hydrocarbon region to the aqueous phase.
Perez
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Laboratoire de Physico-chimie des Surfaces, C.N.R.S., Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Etudes Pharmaceutiques, Chatenay-Malabry, France.
Wolfe
J
J
D002784:Cholesterol; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D004958:Estradiol; D002784:Cholesterol