Three-dimensional lateral and vertical relationships of inner medullary loops of Henle and collecting ducts

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 4 56-4, 2004, Pages

  Pannabecker, Thomas L ^a   Dantzler, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; ClC K1; Concentrating mechanism; Countercurrent multiplier; Three dimensional reconstruction; B crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; AQUAPORIN 1; CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUID TRANSPORT; HENLE LOOP; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 4644320202     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00122.2004     Document Type: Article

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