Abstract
It is well known that the renal medulla plays an important role in the generation of concentrated urine, which is critical in the maintenance of body fluid osmolality. Since the proposal of the operation of countercurrent systems in the renal medulla by Kuhn and his associates [1–3], it has been widely accepted that the loop structures of the nephron in the renal medulla are essential for the generation and maintenance of a steep osmotic gradient along the axis of the renal medulla. However, the detailed mechanisms by which a steep osmotic gradient is generated by the countercurrent multiplication system remain to be established.
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Imai, M. et al. (1991). Function of Thin Segments of Henle’s Loop. In: Hatano, M. (eds) Nephrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-35158-1_3
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