Kidney function in the Spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-101

  Gordge, L ^a   Roberts, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hopping mouse; Kidney function; Notomys alexis; Urine concentrating ability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MOUSE; MURINAE; NONHUMAN; NOTOMYS ALEXIS; REHYDRATION; URINE VOLUME; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; NOTOMYS ALEXIS;

EID: 44849109602     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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