In vivo microperfusion of the ductuli efferentes testis of the rat: Flow dependence of fluid reabsorption

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 633-644

  Clulow, J ^a   Hansen, L A ^a   Jones, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FLUID RETENTION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERFUSION; PLASMA; RAT; RETE TESTIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0029759661     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003964     Document Type: Article

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