The influence of salt intake on glomerular count in compensatory kidney hypertrophy in rats of different ages.
Drinking saline instead of water elevated the glomerular count in hypertrophied kidneys of rats uninephrectomized as adults. No changes occurred in glomerular concentration in kidney tissue indicating a more marked increase of other kidney structures. This procedure was ineffective in immature animals.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*
D012965:Sodium Chloride