Perez E, Wolfe J
Laboratoire de Physico-chimie des Surfaces, C.N.R.S., Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Etudes Pharmaceutiques, Chatenay-Malabry, France.
Eur Biophys J. 1988;16(1):23-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00255322.
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.