Axial compartmentation of descending and ascending thin limbs of Henle's loops

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Westrick, Kristen Y ^a   Serack, Bradley ^a   Dantzler, William H ^a   Pannabecker, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Concentrating mechanism; Renal anatomy; Tubule permeability; Urea transport

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING THIN LIMB; DESCENDING THIN LIMB; DILUTION; HENLE LOOP; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84873309797     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00547.2012     Document Type: Article

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