Anteroventral wall of the third ventricle and dorsal lamina terminalis: Headquarters for control of body fluid homeostasis?

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-281

  McKinley, M J ^a   Pennington, G L ^a   Oldfield, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

angiotensin; median preoptic nucleus; organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis; osmoregulation; renin; sodium excretion; subfornical organ; thirst; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; REVIEW;

EID: 0029890710     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb02823.x     Document Type: Review

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