Thirst (eBook, PDF)

Physiological and Psychological Aspects
Redaktion: Ramsay, David J.; Booth, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the 7th volume in an ongoing research monograph series on specialized topics of human nutrition. It is written for workers in the nutritional and allied sciences, has been thoroughly peer reviewed, and uses an interdisciplinary approach that gives a complete update of the subject.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 509
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447118176
• Artikelnr.: 44000166

Inhaltsangabe

Section I. Perspectives on Thirst.- 1. Evolution of Physiological and Behavioural Mechanisms in Vertebrate Body Fluid Homeostasis.- 2. Water: Distribution Between Compartments and its Relationship to Thirst.- 3. The Ontogeny of Drinking.- 4. Influences on Human Fluid Consumption.- Section II. Physiological Influences on Drinking.- 5. Osmoreceptors for Thirst.- 6. Volume Receptors and the Stimulation of Water Intake.- 7. Hormonal Inputs to Thirst.- 8. Mineral Appetite: An Overview.- Section III. Neural Pathways of Water Deficit Signals.- 9. Central Projections of Osmotic and Hypovolaemic Signals in Homeostatic Thirst.- 10. Neurochemistry of the Circuitry Subserving Thirst.- 11. Central Control of Water and Sodium Chloride Intake in Rats During Hypovolaemia.- 12. Rostro-Sagittal Brain: Site of Integration of Hydrational Signals in Body Fluid Regulation and Drinking.- Section IV. Neural Organization of Drinking Behaviour.- 13. Sensory Detection of Water.- 14. Neostriatal Mechanisms Affecting Drinking.- 15. Drinking in Mammals: Functional Morphology, Orosensory Modulation and Motor Control.- 16. Drinking: Hindbrain Sensorimotor Neural Organization.- Section V. Behavioural Organization of Drinking.- 17. Learning, Thirst and Drinking.- 18. Effects of Eating on Drinking.- 19. Inhibitory Controls of Drinking: Satiation of Thirst.- 20. Social Influences on Fluid Intake: Laboratory Experiments with Rats, Field Observations of Primates.- Section VI. Determinants of Human Fluid Intake.- 21. Bout Pattern Analysis of Ad Libitum Fluid Intake.- 22. Individual and Cultural Factors in the Consumption of Beverages.- 23. Alcohol- and Caffeine-Beverage Consumption: Causes Other Than Water Deficit.- 24. Environmental and Sensory Modulation of Fluid Intake in Humans.- 25. Physiological Determinants of Fluid Intake in Humans.- Section VII. Variations in Human Fluid Intake.- 26. Thirst and Fluid Intake in the Elderly.- 27. The Consequences of Exercise on Thirst and Fluid Intake.- 28. Effects of Environmental Stresses and Privations on Thirst.- 29. Effect of Changes in Reproductive Status on Fluid Intake and Thirst.- 30. Disorders of Thirst in Man.- Section VIII. A Concluding View.- 31. Thirst and Salt Intake: A Personal Review and Some Suggestions.