The sensory psychobiology of thirst and salt appetite

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1388-1400

  Johnson, Alan Kim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Baroreceptors; Exercise induced hyponatremia; Heat injury; Sensory circumventricular organs

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CAPTOPRIL; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; FUROSEMIDE; MINOXIDIL; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENALECTOMY; BEHAVIOR; BODY FLUID; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; DEHYDRATION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SODIUM APPETITE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; THIRST;

ANGIOTENSIN II; APPETITE; BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; NERVE NET; PRESSORECEPTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY; THIRST; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 34548324856     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3180686de8     Document Type: Review

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