Physiology lab demonstration: Glomerular filtration rate in a rat

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 101, 2015, Pages

  Hinojosa Laborde, Carmen ^a   Jespersen, Brian ^b   Shade, Robert ^c  

^a US Army Institute of Surgical Research   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Filtered load; Glomerular filtration rate; Issue 101; Kidney; Physiology; Potassium excretion; Rat; Sodium excretion; Urine flow rate

Indexed keywords

INULIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; NEPHRON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAT; URINE;

ANIMALS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; INULIN; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; NEPHRONS; POTASSIUM; RATS; SODIUM;

EID: 84941247966     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52425     Document Type: Article

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