Figure 1 (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

Figure 1

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Stimulating the vagus nerve connected to the pancreas in mice by blue light increases blood insulin and β-cell numbers. The picture represents a clusters of beta cells (green) in islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. The nuclei of increasing β-cells are shown in pink with white arrowheads. 

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Junta Imai et al.

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