Maintaining Balance Under Pressure

Maintaining Balance Under Pressure: Integrated Regulation of Renal Transporters During Hypertension.

ISN Forefronts Symposium 2015: Maintaining Balance Under Pressure—Hypertension and the Proximal Tubule

Renal control of effective circulating volume is key for circulatory performance. When renal Na+ excretion is inadequate, blood pressure rises and serves as a homeostatic signal to drive natriuresis to re-establish effective circulating volume (ECV). Recognizing that hypertension involves both renal and vascular dysfunction, this report concerns proximal tubule Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (PT NHE3) regu...

Local Anesthetic for Castration: Maintaining a Balance

regional anesthesia techniques) may reduce hypotension and hypercarbia from excessive anesthetic drugs and provide additional perioperative analgesia. Forty-two dogs were divided into 2 groups: group L received intratesticular lidocaine injections 5 minutes before surgical castration, and group S received an equal volume of saline. There were no significant differences in baseline heart rate (H...

Maintaining osmotic balance with an aglomerular kidney.

The gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta, is a marine teleost fish with an aglomerular kidney that is highly specialized to conserve water. Despite this adaptation, toadfish have the ability to survive when in dilute hypoosmotic seawater environments. The objectives of this study were to determine the joint role of the kidney and intestine in maintaining osmotic and ionic balance and to investigate whet...

Maintaining Work-Life Balance in 2010

J ust as little Susie moves to center stage for her dance solo, a cell phone chirps.As this distraction becomes annoying, you realize it’s your phone. Quickly, you grab the device; it’s your boss, so you run out of the auditorium to take the call. Upon returning, you have missed Susie and are the target of the “look”from your significant other. Sound familiar? You are probably suffering from an...