We describe in gas anesthetized rats an oscillating intratubular pressure response, probably of vascular origin, sensitive to small physiological changes in fluid delivery to the distal tubule. The oscillation apparently indicates that an adjustment of vascular resistance is in operation, but at present it reveals neither the effector site (afferent and/or efferent arteriole) nor the effector mechanism (vasoconstriction and/or dilatation). The renin-angiotensin system seems to be involved in this phenomenon.
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