The pancreas of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber): An ultrastructural and immunocytochemical study of the endocrine component of thermoneutral and cold acclimated animals

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 206-214

  Kramer, Beverley ^a   Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Iimmunocytochemistry; Islet cell distribution; Naked mole rat; Pancreas; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 9244228534     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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