The renal circulation /
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| Imprint: | Stamford, Conn. ; [Great Britain] : JAI Press, c2000. |
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| Description: | xvii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advances in organ biology ; v. 9 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4473830 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: Significance of the Renal Circulation
- Structure of the Renal Circulation
- Development of the Renal Vasculature
- Cell Physiology of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Mesangial Cells and the Impact of this on the Control of Renal Circulation
- Control of Afferent and Efferent Arteriolar Tone
- The Intrarenal Distribution of Blood Flow
- Blood flow in the Glomerular Capillary Network
- Autoregulation
- Tubuloglomerular Feedback
- Neural Control of the Renal Circulation
- Endocrine Control of Renal Vasculature
- Endothelial Factors in the Regulation of the Renal Circulation: Nitric Oxide
- Angiotensin II Regulation of the Renal Circulation
- Endothelin and the Kidney
- Nonendothelial Paracrine Regulation of the Renal Micro circulation
- Integrative Aspects of the Renal Medullary Circulation
- Aging and the Renal Circulation
- Fetal Renal Circulation
- The Renal Circulation in Pregnancy
- Renal Circulation in Genetic Experimental Hypertension
- Remodeling of the Renal Resistance Vessels in Hypertension
- Renal Blood Flow in Human Diseases
- Renal Hemodynamics in Human Hypertension
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and the Renal Circulation
- Index
