Novel use of ultrasound to examine regional blood flow in the mouse kidney

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sullivan, Jennifer C ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Boesen, Erika I ^a   D'Angelo, Gerard ^a   Pollock, Jennifer S ^a   Pollock, David M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Kidney; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITROGEN; PERFLUBUTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEVO MICROMARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67650666173     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00016.2009     Document Type: Article

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