Peptidergic hormones and neuropeptides, and aminergic neurotransmitters of the pancreatic islets of the Houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-241

  Mensah Brown, E P K ^a   Bailey, T A ^b   Pallot, D J ^a   Garner, A ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine cells; Innervation; Pancreatic islets; Varicosities

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GALANIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GALANIN; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC HORMONES; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA;

EID: 0034062145     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005865     Document Type: Article

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