Stereological assessment of pancreatic beta-cell mass development in male Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rats: Correlation with pancreatic beta-cell function

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 624-630

  Paulsen, Sarah Juel ^a,b,c   Vrang, Niels ^a,c   Larsen, Leif Kongskov ^a   Larsen, Philip Just ^a   Jelsing, Jacob ^a,c  

^a Rheoscience A/S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Gubra ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pancreatic beta cell mass development; Stereology; Zucker Diabetic Fatty rat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; ZUCKER DIABETIC FATTY RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; PANCREAS; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78649418117     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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