We have successfully implanted an imaging window onto the mouse abdomen to locate and hold the tail of the pancreas in place. By use of this MR-compatible window we were able to show with MRI and a Gd-based zinc sensor the non-uniform regional secretion of zinc and insulin as a response to glucose in the tail of the mouse pancreas. This surgical technique and imaging technology could be used to successfully monitor beta-cell function longitudinally through the development of the various diseases of the endocrine pancreas with MRI.
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