The interaction of meal-related, rhythmic and homeostatic mechanisms and the generation of thirst and drinking

One of the primary goals of the study of thirst is to understand why drinking occurs under ad libitum or natural conditions. An appreciation of the experimental strategies applied by physiologists studying thirst from different perspectives can facilitate progress toward understanding the natural hi...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Main Authors:	R.F. Johnson, A.K. Johnson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1997-04-01
Subjects:	homeostatic thirst cellular dehydration extracellular dehydration circadian rhythms meal-related drinking
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000400009