A computational systems analysis of factors regulating α cell glucagon secretion

Islets

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 262-283

  Fridlyand, Leonid E ^a   Philipson, Louis H ^a  

^a University of Chicago ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Computational model; Diabetes; Insulin; Ion channels; Islets; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868107090     PISSN: 19382014     EISSN: 19382022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/isl.22193     Document Type: Review

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