Countercurrent exchange in the renal medulla

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 5 53-5, 2003, Pages

  Pallone, Thomas L ^a,f   Turner, Malcolm R ^b   Edwards, Aurélie ^c   Jamison, Rex L ^d,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcirculation; Microperfusion; Permeability; Urinary concentration; Vasa recta; Water channel

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; CARRIER PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA CARRIER PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; HENLE LOOP; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUTE; VASA RECTA; WATER LOSS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037404507     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00657.2002     Document Type: Review

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