Physiology in perspective: The Wisdom of the Body. Neural control of the kidney

Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Cannon equated the fluid matrix of the body with Bernard’s concept of the internal environment and emphasized the importance of "the safe-guarding of an ef...

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Published in:American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology integrative and comparative physiology, 2005-09, Vol.289 (3), p.R633-R641
Main Author: DiBona, Gerald F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Autonomic Nervous System - physiology
Body Fluids - metabolism
Homeostasis - physiology
Humans
Kidney - innervation
Kidney - physiology
Renal Circulation - physiology
Sympathetic Nervous System - physiology
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Summary:Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Cannon equated the fluid matrix of the body with Bernard’s concept of the internal environment and emphasized the importance of "the safe-guarding of an effective fluid matrix." He further emphasized the important role of the autonomic nervous system in the establishment and maintenance of homeostasis in the internal environment. This year’s Cannon Lecture discusses the important role of the renal sympathetic nerves to regulate various aspects of overall renal function and to serve as one of the major "self-regulatory agencies which operate to preserve the constancy of the fluid matrix." renal sympathetic nerves; renal function; homeostasis Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: G. F. DiBona, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 (e-mail: gerald-dibona{at}uiowa.edu )
ISSN:0363-6119
1522-1490
DOI:10.1152/ajpregu.00258.2005