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The Physiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite

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  1. G. Caro

    1. University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

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  2. A. N. Epstein

    1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  3. M. Massi

    1. University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 105)

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Table of contents (72 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Thirst

    1. The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Thirst

      • D. A. Denton, M. J. McKinley, P. Osborne, Eva Tarjan, R. S. Weisinger
      Pages 1-12

    5. Behavioral Responsivity to Tastes in Developing Rats

      • Priscilla Kehoe, Elliott M. Blass
      Pages 25-29

    6. The Ontogeny of Salt Intake in Rats

      • Karen Moe
      Pages 31-36

    7. Effects of the Tachykinins Eledoisin and Physalaemin on Drinking Behaviour in Baby Rats

      • F. Cantalamessa, G. de Caro, A. N. Epstein, M. Perfumi
      Pages 37-42

  3. Drinking and Water Homeostasis

    2. Thyroid Activation Following Dehydration

      • L. Di Bella, M. T. Rossi
      Pages 59-64

    3. Influence of Thyroid on Water and Food Intake

      • M. T. Rossi, L. Di Bella
      Pages 65-70

    4. Role of Antidiuretic Hormone in Volume Regulation

      • Z. Arad, G. E. Rice, E. Skadhauge
      Pages 71-76

  4. Hyperosmotic and Hypovolemic Thirst

    1. Hyperosmotic and Hypovolemic Thirst

      • David J. Ramsay, Terry N. Thrasher
      Pages 83-96

    2. Osmotic Thirst Suppression after Central Administration of Vasopressin Antagonists

      • Ewa SzczepaÅ„ska-Sadowska, Jadwiga SobociÅ„ska, StanisÅ‚aw KozÅ‚owski
      Pages 97-102

    5. A Single Experience with Hyperoncotic Colloid Dialysis Persistently Alters Water and Sodium Intake

      • Sandra P. Frankmann, Daniel M. Dorsa, Randall R. Sakai, John B. Simpson
      Pages 115-121

  5. Central Renin-Angiotensin System

    1. The Brain-Renin-Angiotensin System: Update

      • Thomas Unger, Detlev Ganten, Gerald Ludwig, Rudolf E. Lang
      Pages 123-133

    2. Angiotensin-Sensitive Sites in the Central Nervous System

      • D. Felix, M. C. Gambino, Y. Yong, P. Schelling
      Pages 135-140
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About this book

The behavioral neuroscience of thirst and sodium appetite are research ventures that have expanded dramatically in recent years. Work done in the mid-1950s and early 1960s made it clear that drinking behavior could be affected by direct manipulations of the brain, especially by brain damage and by pharmacological treat­ ments. Since that. time experimental approaches have diversified and the research enterprise has attracted the interest of a broad international community of scientists. Many aspects of both thirst and sodium appetite are being studied. The most prominent of these are: 1) phylogenetic and ontogenetic aspects of the phenomena of drink­ ing behavior, 2) the mechanisms of a variety of dipsogenic and antidipsogenic treatments, both drugs and hormones, 3) the biological controls of drinking and their interaction with the regulation of blood volume and blood pressure, 4) the peripheral signals of drinking including the role of the baro- and volume-receptors, 5) the receptor systems within the brain and the neuroanatomical circuitry for thirst and sodium appetite, and 6) the possible roles of brain sodium and of the hormones of sodium conservation ln the arousal of sodium appetite. This acceleration of basic research activity has given in­ sights into the clinical disorders of thirst and salt appetite and has produced pharmacological agents of potential therapeutic use.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

    G. Caro, M. Massi

  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    A. N. Epstein

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Physiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite

  • Editors: G. Caro, A. N. Epstein, M. Massi

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0366-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0368-9Published: 06 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0366-5Published: 11 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 586

  • Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Tree Biology

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