Opioids regulate spermatozoon formation, research shows
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
Infertility has become a major medical and social problem worldwide and many of the cases are due to male infertility. Yet the molecular mechanisms involved in spermatogenesis are only now beginning to emerge. A piece of research has, for the first time, described the presence of opioids in the cells involved in the formation of spermatozoa.