GABA in the endocrine pancreas: Cellular localization and function in normal and diabetic rats

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Adeghate, E ^a   Ponery, A S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

GABA; Immunohistochemistry; Insulin; Islets of Langerhans; Morphometry; Pancreas; Radioimmunoassay; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHLORAL HYDRATE; INSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOGENESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036231547     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.2002.0217     Document Type: Article

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