Anatomical and histological observation on the pancreas in adult zebrafish

Pancreas

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-125

  Chen, Shen ^a   Li, Chaohong ^a   Yuan, Guangming ^a   Xie, Fukang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brockmann body; Islet; Pancreas; Principal islet; The pancreatic lobes; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZEBRA FISH;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON-SECRETING CELLS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33845978444     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000246661.23128.8c     Document Type: Article

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