Influence of melatonin and serotonin on glucose-stimulated insulin release from perifused rat pancreatic islets in vitro

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-163

  Peschke, Elmar ^a   Peschke, Dorothee ^a   Hammer, Thomas ^a   Csemus, Valér ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Insulin; Langerhans' islets; Melatonin; Perifusion; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MELATONIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET; PERFUSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PERFUSION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0031240984     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00349.x     Document Type: Article

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