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. 2014 Apr 22;5:57. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00057

Table 1.

The classification of pancreatic neuroendocrine structures (4).

Autonomic ganglion No endocrine cells
Neuro-insular complex type I Few endocrine cells in ganglion
Few ganglionic cells in islet
Neuro-insular complex type II Single or a few endocrine cells associated with a bundle of nerve fibers
Heavily innervated islet tissue
Classical islet of Langerhans Innervated
Not innervated