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. 1976 Oct;262(1):119–129. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1976.sp011588

Functional and morphologic maturation of superficial and juxtamedullary nephrons in the rat.

C de Rouffignac, L Monnens
PMCID: PMC1307633  PMID: 994033

Abstract

The development of single nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFER) was studied in both superficial and juxtamedullary nephrons in rats in relation to concomitant morphologic maturation. These experiments were carried out in rats between 23 and 91 days of age (between 36 nad 275 g body weight) with the [14C]ferrocyanide infusion technique. 2. SNGFR of the superficial and juxtamedullary nephrons increased with body weight, glomerular volume and proximal tubular length. 3. The ratio SNGFR of the superficial (S) nephrons/SNGFR of the juxtamedullary (JM) nephrons rose from 0-60 in the 40-60 g rats to 0-84 in the adult rats, demonstrating the centrifugal functional maturation of the nephrons. 4. The S/JM ratio for both glomerular volume and tubular length was constant and averaged 0-72+/--0-12 and 0-81+/-0-05, respectively, indicating that while the increase in SNGFR was greater for S than for JM nephrons, this was not accompanied by concomitant disproportionate increases of glomerular volume and/or proximal tubular length between these nephron categories during development in the rat.

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