Quantitative analysis of mouse pancreatic islet architecture by serial block-face SEM

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-52

  Pfeifer, C R ^a   Shomorony, A ^a   Aronova, M A ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Cai, T ^b   Xu, H ^b   Notkins, A L ^b   Leapman, R D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Glucagon secreting granules; Insulin secreting granules; Pancreatic islets of Langerhans; Serial block face SEM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SERIAL BLOCK FACE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; MITOCHONDRION; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 84919483278     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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