title: [Blockade of calcium channels - a perspectiveof male contraception?].
abstract: Besides condoms and vasectomy with their own limitations, no other reliable methods of contraception are available to men. Ion channels play a key role in maturation, capacitation and acrosome reaction of sperms. Blockade of calcium channels with pharmacological inhibitors or compounds isolated from plant extracts might be suggested as one of promising mechanisms of future male contraceptives.
authors.affiliation: Gynekologicko-porodnická Klinika 1. LF a Nemocince Na Bulovce, Praha, Prednosta prof. MUDr. M. Halaska, DrSc. driak@seznam.cz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Driák
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Svandová
mesh_terms: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D010936:Plant Extracts