Immunocytochemical detection of glucagon and insulin cells in endocrine pancreas and cyclic disparity of plasma glucose in the turtle Melanochelys trijuga

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-247

  Chandavar, Vidya R ^a,b   Naik, Prakash R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Avidin biotin peroxidase labelling; Glucagon IR; Insulin IR; Plasma glucose; Seasonal variation; Turtle

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

CYTOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECRETION; TURTLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCAGON RELEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MELANOCHELYS TRIJUGA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS SECRETION; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; SEASONS; TURTLES;

MELANOCHELYS TRIJUGA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 45249089246     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-008-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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