Renal excretory responses of taurine-depleted rats to hypotonic and hypertonic saline infusion

Amino Acids

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Mozaffari, M S ^a   Warren, B K ^a   Azuma, J ^b   Schaffer, S W ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Hypertonic saline; Hypotonic saline; Natriuresis; Rat; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA ALANINE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE CATHETER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIURESIS; HEART RATE; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NATRIURESIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAURINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031714065     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01345284     Document Type: Article

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