Pancreatic islet blood flow during pregnancy in the rat: An increased islet mass is associated with decreased islet blood flow

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-415

  Svensson, A M ^a,b   Bodin, B ^a   Andersson, A ^a   Jansson, Leif ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MICROSPHERE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ENDOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS PERFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TIME; UPREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 1842425880     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1800409     Document Type: Article

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