The Evolution of Pancreatic Islets. Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Leningrad, September 1975, under the Auspices of the Academy of Sciences, Leningrad

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, Pages ix-x
PREFACE, Pages xi-xii, T. Adesanya Ige Grillo, L. Leibson, A. Epple
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Pages 1-4, L. Leibson
THE ONTOGENY OF MAMMALIAN INSULAR FUNCTION, Pages 7-19, Piero P. Foà, Enrique Blázquez, Jean-Claude Sodoyez, Francoise Sodoyez-Goffaux
THE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF PANCREATIC ISLETS OF OFFSPRING OF ALLOXAN RATS, Page 21, V.G. Baranov, I.M. Sokoloverova, A.I. Nikitin
NEW DATA CONCERNING EARLY POST-NATAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN PANCREATIC ISLETS, Page 23, I.A. Schevtchuk
DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUNCTION OF ENDOCRINE PANCREAS IN THE HUMAN FOETUS, Pages 25-35, T.S. Pronina, A.Ya. Sapronova
IMMUNOCYTOLOGICAL STUDY OF ENDOCRINE PANCREAS ONTOGENY IN THE CHICK EMBRYO: NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCREATIC POTENTIALITIES IN THE EARLY SPLANCHNOPLEURE, Pages 37-50, Francoise Dieterlen-Lievre, Denise Beaupain
BIOSYNTHESIS OF PROINSULIN AND INSULIN BY THE CHICK EMBRYO PANCREAS FROM LABELLED AMINO ACID, Pages 51-67, T. Adesanya Ige Grillo, A. Akin-Deko
THE SECRETION AND THE ROLE OF INSULIN IN CHICK EMBRYOS AND CHICKENS, Pages 69-79, L. Leibson, Vera Bondareva, Ljubov Soltitskaya
NEW PERSPECTIVES IN COMPARATIVE ISLET RESEARCH, Pages 83-95, August Epple, Jack E. Brinn Jr.
SOME PRINCIPLES OF CYTODIFFERENTIATION OF PANCREATIC ISLETS IN VERTEBRATA DURING ONTO - AND PHYLOGENY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS, Pages 97-112, E.Sh. Gerlovin
EVOLUTIONARY MORPHOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF PANCREATIC ACINAR-ISLET CELLS, Pages 113-120, V.V. Yaglov
INTRINSIC INNERVATION, MONOAMINES AND ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN THE PANCREATIC ISLETS OF SOME POIKILOTHERMIC VERTEBRATES AND BIRDS, Pages 121-130, Tiberiu Trandaburu
THE ULTRASTRUCTURE AND INNERVATION OF THE PANCREATIC ISLETS OF THE HOLOCEPHALIAN RATFISH, HYDROLAGUS, COLLIEI, Pages 131-140, Gregory J. Patent
PRODUCTION OF ISLET HORMONES IN INVERTEBRATES, CYCLOSTOMES AND PRIMITIVE GNATHOSTOMES, Pages 141-152, Sture Falkmer, Yngve Östberg
INSULIN-LIKE ACTIVITY OF THE EXTRACT OF THE DIGESTIVE GLAND AND THE PYLORUS OF THE GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL, ACHATINA FULICA A PRELIMINARY REPORT, Pages 153-162, Y.K. Gomih, T. Adesanya I. Grillo
THE LOCALISATION OF IMMUNOREACTIVITY TO INSULIN, GLUCAGON AND GASTRIN IN THE GUT OF AMPHIOXUS (BRANCHIOSTOMA) LANCEOLATUS, Pages 163-178, Susan Van Noorden, A.G.E. Pearse
PANCREATIC ISLETS OF SOME MYXINOID CYCLOSTOMES, Pages 179-187, Laila Winbladh
THE ENDOCRINE PANCREAS OF SOME WEST AFRICAN REPTILES - ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, HISTOCHEMISTRY AND HORMONE CONTENT, Pages 189-249, T. Adesanya Ige Grillo, R. Ito, K. Watanabe
THE SECRETION OF INSULIN AND ITS ROLE IN CYCLOSTOMES AND FISHES, Pages 251-269, Erica Plisetskaya, B.N. Leibush, Vera Bondareva
STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF INSULIN IN TELEOST METABOLISM, Pages 271-284, A. Thorpe
REGULATION OF BLOOD GLUCOSE IN THE RIVER LAMPEY: THE POSSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF INSULIN AND HYPERGLYCEMIC HORMONES, Pages 285-290, Lis Olesen Larsen
THE ROLE OF GLUCAGON IN BIRDS AND MAMMALS, Pages 291-300, P. Mialhe
SOME BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF HORMONE EVOLUTION, Pages 303-310, Shu Jin Chan, Howard S. Tager, Donald F. Steiner
EVOLUTION OF INSULIN-RELEASING MECHANISMS, Pages 311-320, Norman S. Track
THREE AVIAN PANCREATIC HORMONES, Pages 321-334, Robert L. Hazelwood
ISOLATION, PURIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF AVIAN AND FISH INSULINS, Pages 335-344, O.A. Yunev, L.V. Dmitrenko, D.I. Ostrovskii
THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MECHANISM OF INSULIN ACTION ON MUSCLE CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM, Pages 345-362, L. Leibson, Erica Plisetskaya, B. Leibush
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 363-371
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 373-377