The Vascular Pole of the Renal Glomerulus of Rat

Knowledge of the architecture of the renal glomerulus is a prerequisite for understanding both glomerular function and pathology. Glomerular filtration depends on comparably high intracapillary hydrostatic pressures. These high pressures must be balanced

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Editors F. Beck, Melbourne D. Brown, Charlestown B. Christ, Freiburg W. Kriz, Heidelberg E. Marani, Leiden R. Putz, Munchen Y. Sano, Kyoto T.H. Schiebler, Wurzburg K. Zilles, Dusseldorf

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M. Elger T. Sakai W. Kriz

The Vascular Pole

of the

Renal Glomerulus

of Rat With 41 Figures

Springer

Dr. Marlies Elger Institut fUr Anatomie und Zellbiologie U niversitat Heidelberg 1m Neuenheimer Feld 307 69120 Heidelberg Germany Prof. Dr. Tatsuo Sakai Department of Anatomy Juntendo University 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113 Japan Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kriz Institut fUr Anatomie und Zellbiologie U niversitat Heidelberg 1m Neuenheimer Feld 307 69120 Heidelberg Germany

ISBN-13: 978-3-540-63241-2

e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-80449-6

001: 10.1007/978-3-642-80449-6

Library of Congress-Catalog-Card Number Elger, M. (Marlies) The Vascular Pole of the Renal Glomerulus of rat 1 M. Elger, T. Sakai, and W. Kriz. p. cm. - (Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology; 139) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-3-540-63241-2

3. Rats-Physiology. 1. Sakai, T. (Tatsuo), 1953-. II. Kriz, Wilhelm, 1936-. III. Title. IV. Series. QP249.E441997 573.4'9619352-dc21 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9,1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. © Springer -Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

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Acknowledgements

We appreciate the excellent technical assistance of Ms. Hiltraud Hosser and Ms. Bruni Hahnel, the skillful artwork by Mr. Rolf Nonnenmacher and the expert photographic work by Ms. Ingrid Ertel. We very much appreciate the valuable help received from Dr. Lise Bankir (Paris), Dr. Josie Briggs (Washington), Dr. Daniel Casellas (Montpellier), Dr. Armin Kurtz (Regensburg), Dr. Jiirgen Schnermann (Ann Arbor) and Dr. Michael Steinhausen (Heidelberg). Dr. T. Sakai was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Finan