How does the brain sense osmolality?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3056-3059

  Verbalis, Joseph G ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; CATION CHANNEL; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; OSMOLALITY; OSMORECEPTION; OSMORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

EID: 36849024365     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2007070825     Document Type: Review

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