Thirst

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Perspectives on Thirst

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Evolution of Physiological and Behavioural Mechanisms in Vertebrate Body Fluid Homeostasis

      • J. T. Fitzsimons

      Pages 3-22

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   3. Water: Distribution Between Compartments and its Relationship to Thirst

      • D. J. Ramsay

      Pages 23-34

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   4. The Ontogeny of Drinking

      • W. G. Hall

      Pages 35-52

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   5. Influences on Human Fluid Consumption

      • D. A. Booth

      Pages 53-73

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3. Physiological Influences on Drinking

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Osmoreceptors for Thirst

      • M. J. McKinley

      Pages 77-92

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   3. Volume Receptors and the Stimulation of Water Intake

      • T. N. Thrasher

      Pages 93-109

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   4. Hormonal Inputs to Thirst

      • E. Szczepanska-Sadowska

      Pages 110-130

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   5. Mineral Appetite: An Overview

      • D. Denton

      Pages 131-146

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4. Neural Pathways of Water Deficit Signals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Central Projections of Osmotic and Hypovolaemic Signals in Homeostatic Thirst

      • A. K. Johnson, G. L. Edwards

      Pages 149-175

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   3. Neurochemistry of the Circuitry Subserving Thirst

      • B. J. Oldfield

      Pages 176-193

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   4. Central Control of Water and Sodium Chloride Intake in Rats During Hypovolaemia

      • E. M. Stricker

      Pages 194-206

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   5. Rostro-Sagittal Brain: Site of Integration of Hydrational Signals in Body Fluid Regulation and Drinking

      • S. Nicolaïdis, M. El Ghissassi, S. N. Thornton

      Pages 207-218

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5. Neural Organization of Drinking Behaviour

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. Sensory Detection of Water

      • R. Norgren

      Pages 221-231

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   3. Neostriatal Mechanisms Affecting Drinking

      • T. Schallert

      Pages 232-240

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   4. Drinking in Mammals: Functional Morphology, Orosensory Modulation and Motor Control

      • H. P. Zeigler

      Pages 241-257

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At one time or another, everyone has said "I am thirsty". Yet what causes this sensation of thirst? It is obvious that a certain quantity of fluid must be present for the body to function normally. How does a water deficit in the body then influence drinking habits? But supposing the physiological need is met, what about the psychological need or social need? Water is certainly the most necessary fluid; then why do we humans often prefer other beverages, even at great cost of effort or money or health? The subject of thirst and drinking behavior are uniquely discussed in this book. For the first time both the physiological and the psychological aspects of water and beverage consumption are examined in one volume. The many recent developments concerning how a lack of water is signalled physiologically and processed neurally to affect drinking behavior are critically surveyed. Prospects for understanding the cultural and sensory influences on beverage consumption are mapped out. The thirty-one chapters by authorities in the field were all mutually reviewed and revised in the light of precirculated comments and round-table discussions. Together they provide a complete picture of the current state of knowledge on what determines fluid consumption in human beings and animals.

• Trinkwasser
• adaptation
• alcohol
• drinking behaviour
• fluid consumption
• morphology
• nutrition
• osmoregulation
• pathophysiology
• pharmacology
• physiology
• psychophysiology
• receptor
• vertebrates
• water balance

• University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  David J. Ramsay

• Nutritional Psychology Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

  David Booth

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