Functional implications of the three-dimensional architecture of the rat renal inner medulla

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Layton, Anita T ^a   Pannabecker, Thomas L ^b   Dantzler, William H ^b   Layton, Harold E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Countercurrent system; Mathematical model; NaCl transport; Urea transport

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; HENLE LOOP; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 77950825310     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00249.2009     Document Type: Article

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