Ammonia functions as a regulatory molecule to mediate adjustments in glomerular filtration rate in response to changes in metabolic rate

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 740-744

  Singer, M A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIRD; CATABOLISM; FISH; GILL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HYPOTHESIS; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; URINARY EXCRETION; WASTE;

AVES; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035662534     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1478     Document Type: Article

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