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Potassium Channels in the Renal Circulation

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Potassium Channels in Cardiovascular Biology

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The renal artery and its main tributaries, the arcuate and interlobular arteries, are responsible for the vascular supply to the most richly perfused organ of the human body. Because the kidney establishes a large portion of total peripheral resistance, it is one of the essential vascular beds controlling blood pressure. While rapid adjustments in tone of the main renal arteries can significantly modulate acute blood pressure, the renal arterioles regulate blood pressure on a more long-term basis by modulating urinary excretion in response to changing blood volume (Fig. 1).

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  1. The Center for Cellular and Molecular Signaling, Department of Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, USA

    James D. Stockand

  2. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-4575, USA

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Stockand, J.D., Sansom, S.C. (2001). Potassium Channels in the Renal Circulation. In: Archer, S.L., Rusch, N.J. (eds) Potassium Channels in Cardiovascular Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1303-2_28

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