Pancreatic islet blood flow in normal and obese-hyperglycemic (ob/ob) mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 271, Issue 6 34-6, 1996, Pages

  Carlsson, Per Ola ^a,b   Andersson, Arne ^a   Jansson, Leif ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diabetes; microspheres; obesity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030460592     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.6.e990     Document Type: Article

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