Immunocytochemical identification of endocrine cells in the pancreas of the fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-325

  Michelmore, A J ^a   Keegan, D J ^a   Kramer, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Endocrine pancreas; Fruit bat; Immunocytochemistry; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; INSULIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031811408     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7077     Document Type: Article

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