October 4, 2010

Filtration of a fluorescent dye through the kidney of a live rat

Filtration of a fluorescent dye through the kidney of a live rat imaged by using intra-vital microscopy. In red, a fluorescent dye that flows first through the distal and then to the proximal tubuli (both highlighted in green). The movie is played at 50X the real speed.

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