Two-compartment model of inner medullary vasculature supports dual modes of vasopressin-regulated inner medullary blood flow

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Julie ^a   Pannabecker, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted reconstruction; Concentrating mechanism; Counter current system; Hypertension; Urea transport

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SOLUTE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77953828920     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00072.2010     Document Type: Article

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