Pericyte regulation of renal medullary blood flow

Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-170

  Pallone, Thomas L ^a,c   Silldorff, Erik P ^b  

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

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Microcirculation; Nitric oxide; Oxygen; Vasa recta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; FLOW RATE; HENLE LOOP; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY TUBULE PRESSURE; NATRIURESIS; OXYGEN TENSION; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0035002936     PISSN: 10187782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052608     Document Type: Short Survey

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