The comparative anatomy of islets

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 654, Issue , 2010, Pages 21-37

  Heller, R Scott ^a  

^a HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparative; Hormones; Islets; Species; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE YY; SOMATOSTATIN; HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BAT; BIRD; CARNIVORA; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHONDRICHTHYES; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYCLOSTOME; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCRINE CELL; EVOLUTION; FISH; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSECT CORPORA CARDIACA; INSULIN RELEASE; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OSTEICHTHYES; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RODENT; TURTLE; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HORMONES; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77953952447     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3271-3_2     Document Type: Article

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