cutaneous or metabolic side effects. The authors concluded that long-term treatment with somatostatin analogs is effective and well tolerated.

Treatment of nonfunctioning neuroendocrine tumors with somatostatin analogs has been controversial, given the low antitumor effects of these drugs. The PROMID study group now reports that ...

Neurons that express the neurotransmitter somatostatin have been shown to ... active— it has antidepressant drug-like behavioral effects on the mice,” Lüscher said. “Here, we wanted to ...

Molecular imaging, including somatostatin receptor scintigraphy but more so PET with specific tracers, such as C 11-5HTP or Ga 68-DOTA octreotate, will improve staging and follow-up of therapy in ...

Objective—Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) exerts beneficial antidiabetic actions via effects on pancreatic ... endocrine clamps were performed using somatostatin infusions of somatostatin ...