- Review
Measurement of Pulsatile Insulin Secretion: Rationale and Methodology
- Marcello C. Laurenti,
- Aleksey Matveyenko and
- Adrian Vella
Pancreatic β-cells are responsible for the synthesis and exocytosis of insulin in response to an increase in circulating glucose. Insulin secretion occurs in a pulsatile manner, with oscillatory pulses superimposed on a basal secretion rate. Insulin...