Diffusive oxygen shunting between vessels in the preglomerular renal vasculature: Anatomic observations and computational modeling

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Gardiner, Bruce S ^a   Thompson, Sarah L ^a   Ngo, Jennifer P ^b   Smith, David W ^a   Abdelkader, Amany ^b   Broughton, Brad R S ^c   Bertram, John F ^c   Evans, Roger G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Kidney circulation; Oxygen tension; Renal oxygenation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIOLE; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY DENSITY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

EID: 84865744198     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00186.2012     Document Type: Article

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