Kidney concentrating ability of a subter
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N. T. Urison; R. Buffenstein
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Article
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1994
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a strictly subterranean mammal inhabiting the arid zones of north-east Africa. These animals have no access to free water and water balance thus might be facilitated by regulating renal water loss. The urinary concentrating ability of the naked mole-rat