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Functional Role of Renal Sympathetic Innervation During Fetal and Postnatal Development
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Functional Role of Renal Sympathetic Innervation During Fetal and Postnatal Development

Jean E. Robillard, Jeffrey L. Segar, David C. Merrill, Francine G. Smith and Pedro A. Jose
Physiology (Bethesda, Md.), Vol.7(3), pp.130-133
06/01/1992
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1992.7.3.130

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Abstract

The renal sympathetic nerves operate early during development, influencing renal growth and modulating changes in renal water and electrolyte excretion during transition from fetal to newborn life. Furthermore, they contribute to the important rise in plasma renin activity postnatally.

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