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Autoregulation

Distribution of SNGFR in the cortex

Juxta-medullary nephrons are consistently found to have higher filtration rates than superficial nephrons. Is this due to the underlying anatomy of the cortical radial artery, from which the juxta-medullary afferent arterioles branch before the superficial arterioles? Is it due to anatomical differences in the glomeruli, such as length, surface area or permeability? Or is it perhaps a matter of differences in the regulation of glomerular blood flow?

Renal vasculature

Bearing the plain title of Renal Circulation (2011), this review article provides great detail about renal microcirculation and autoregulation. It's probably just as useful for the references as for the actual content.

Update: I didn't realise that this is a chapter from Handbook of Physiology that is now available as part of [Comprehensive Physiology](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/cphy, and that this body of work is being regularly updated.