Remodelling sympathetic innervation in rat pancreatic islets ontogeny

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pancreatic islets are not fully developed at birth and it is not clear how they are vascularised and innervated. Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) is required to guide sympathetic neurons that innervate peripheral organs and also in cardiova...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hiriart Marcia, Gutiérrez-Ospina Gabriel, Sánchez-Soto Carmen, Navarro-Tableros Víctor, Cabrera-Vásquez Siraam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/9/34