| Range |
~10 %
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| Organism |
Rat Rattus norvegicus |
| Reference |
Rorsman P, Braun M. Regulation of insulin secretion in human pancreatic islets. Annu Rev Physiol. 2013 75 :155-79. doi: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-030212-183754. p.156 3rd paragraphPubMed ID22974438
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| Primary Source |
Jansson L, Hellerstrom C. 1986. Glucose-induced changes in pancreatic islet blood flow mediated by central nervous system. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 251: E644–47PubMed ID3538897
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| Comments |
"The islets receive a rich systemic vascular supply (via the splenic
and superior mesenteric arteries), and the effluent empties into the portal vein. Although the
islets compose only 1–2% of the pancreas [BNID 103642], they receive ~10% of the blood supply (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109968 |