Review Article

Modeling Transport and Flow Regulatory Mechanisms of the Kidney

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(a): Bifurcation diagrams indicating observed behavior of TGF model solutions. Four qualitatively different model solutions are possible: ( 1 ) a regime having one stable, time-independent steady-state solution (labelled โ€œSteady stateโ€), ( 2 ) a regime having one stable oscillatory solution only, with fundamental frequency ๐‘“ (โ€œ1- ๐‘“ LCOโ€), ( 3 ) a regime having one stable oscillatory solution only, with frequency ~ 2 ๐‘“ (โ€œ2- ๐‘“ LCOโ€), and ( 4 ) a regime having two possible stable oscillatory solutions, of frequencies ~f and ~2f (โ€œ1,2- ๐‘“ LCOโ€). Reprinted from [11]. (b): Oscillations in SNGFR and TAL tubular fluid C L โˆ’ concentration and at the macula densa obtained using ๐œ and ๐›พ values denoted by the point B3.
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