Role of connexin40 in the autoregulatory response of the afferent arteriole

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sorensen, Charlotte Mehlin ^a   Giese, Isaiah ^b   Braunstein, Thomas Hartig ^a   Brasen, Jens Christian ^a   Salomonsson, Max ^a   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intercellular communication; Renal perfusion pressure; Tubuloglomerular feedback

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 40; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE DELETION; HEART WEIGHT; ISOLATED ARTERY; ISOLATED KIDNEY; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUBULOGLOMERULAR FEEDBACK; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NEUROFEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84866358252     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00026.2012     Document Type: Article

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