A multiunit model of solute and water removal by inner medullary vasa recta

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 4 43-4, 1998, Pages

  Edwards, Aurélie ^a   Pallone, Thomas L ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration polarization; Countercurrent exchange; Microcirculation; Urea transporters; Water channels

Indexed keywords

UREA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ION EXCHANGE; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MICROCIRCULATION; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031922662     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.4.h1202     Document Type: Article

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