A region-based mathematical model of the urine concentrating mechanism in the rat outer medulla. I. Formulation and base-case results

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 6 58-6, 2005, Pages

  Layton, Anita T ^a   Layton, Harold E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Countercurrent exchange; Countercurrent multiplication; Kidney; NaCl transport; Urea transport

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HENLE LOOP; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY OUTER MEDULLA; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE; THICK ASCENDING LIMB;

EID: 27944459721     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00346.2003     Document Type: Article

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