Isolated interstitial nodal spaces may facilitate preferential solute and fluid mixing in the rat renal inner medulla

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Layton, Anita T ^a   Gilbert, Rebecca L ^b   Pannabecker, Thomas L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Urine concentrating mechanism; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; HYALURONIC ACID; SODIUM; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING THIN LIMB; ASCENDING VASA RECTA; COMPARTMENT MODEL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL NODAL SPACE; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PAPILLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; URINE; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84859465136     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00539.2011     Document Type: Article

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