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XB-ART-31208
Acta Histochem 1981 Jan 01;691:57-60.
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Poor evidence for insulin/insulin-like immunoreactivity in the CNS of lower vertebrates.

Bernstein HG , Aurin H , Dorn A , Weiss J , Ziegler M .


Abstract
The localization of insulin/insulin-like immunoreactivity was studied in the brain and the pancreas of an amphibian (clawed frog [Xenopus laevis Daudin]) and in the CNS of two teleost fishes (bream [Abramis brama L.] and rudd [Scardinius erythrophthalmus L.] using the indirect immunofluorescence technique. With exception of cerebellar Purkinje cells no neuronal elements were found to contain insulin-like material. The frog pancreas was characterized by a strong immunofluorescence in cells producing the polypeptide.

PubMed ID: 6795888



Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: ins