“…194, 235, 387, 498], All of these changes (in blood pressure, cardiac output and excretion) could be pre vented by opening a femoral arteriovenous fistula equiv alent to that of the clamped renal artery [235]. Excretion and other changes could also be decreased or blocked by denervation of, or maintenance of constant pressure to, the carotid sinus or, on sodium excretion, by intraarterial infusion of prostaglandins E; or A: [137], Vagotomy blocked the rise in free-water clearance [389] and blood pressure and cardiac responses [235,236], Wet weight of the contralateral kidney has increased by about 30% by 1-2 weeks with reported values varying from 14% at 3 months to 50% at 10 days [60, 84, 145, 289. 322, 345, 387], In two series of 3 and 5 animals each fractional weight per kilogram body weight after 2 15 months (average 9) had increased by 57 and 85%, respec tively [7,518], Following unilateral ureteral ligation, wet weight of the contralateral kidney had increased by 66% at 6 months.…”