Neurobiology of body fluid homeostasis : transduction and integration / edited by Laurival Antonio De Luca Jr., S�ao Paulo State University, UNESP, Araraquara, Brazil, Jos�e Vanderlei Menani, S�ao Paulo State University, UNESP, Araraquara, Brazil, Alan Kim Johnson, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

chapter 1. The human penchant for deranged salt balance / Micah Leshem -- chapter 2. Circumventricular organs : integrators of circulating signals controlling hydration, energy balance, and immune function / Alastair V. Ferguson -- chapter 3. Neuroendocrinology of hydromineral homeostasis / Jos�e Antunes-Rodrigues, Silvia G. Ruginsk, Andr�e S. Mecawi, Lisandra O. Margatho, Wagner L. Reis, Renato R. Ventura, Andr�eia L. da Silva, Tatiane Vilhena-Franco, and Lucila L. K. Elias -- chapter 4. Preoptic-periventricular integrative mechanisms involved in behavior, fluid-electrolyte balance, and pressor responses / Jos�e Vanderlei Menani, Alexandre A. Vieira, D�ebora S. A. Colombari, Patr�cia M. De Paula, Eduardo Colombari, and Laurival A. De Luca Jr. -- chapter 5. Diverse roles of angiotensin receptor intracellular signaling pathways in the control of water and salt intake / Derek Daniels -- chapter 6. Separating thirst from hunger / Gina L. C. Yosten and Willis K. Samson -- chapter 7. Interdependent preoptic osmoregulatory and thermoregulatory mechanisms influencing body fluid balance and heat defense / Michael J. McKinley and Michael L. Mathai -- chapter 8. Catecholaminergic medullary pathways and cardiovascular responses to expanded circulating volume and increased osmolarity / Gustavo R. Pedrino, Daniel A. Rosa, Oswaldo U. Lopes, and Sergio L. Cravo -- chapter 9. Neurochemical circuits subserving fluid balance and baroreflex : a role for serotonin, oxytocin, and gonadal steroids / Laura Vivas, Andrea Godino, Carolina Dalmasso, Ximena E. Caeiro, Ana F. Macchione, and Maria J. Cambiasso -- chapter 10. Brain serotonergic receptors and control of fluid intake and cardiovascular function in rats / Josmara B. Fregoneze, Hilda S. Ferreira, and Carla Patricia N. Luz -- chapter 11. Serotonergic autoinhibition within dorsal raphe nucleus modulates sodium appetite / Andr�e S. Mecawi, Fabricia V. Fonseca, Iracema G. de Araujo, and Luis C. Reis -- chapter 12. A classic innate behavior, sodium appetite, is driven by hypothalamic gene-regulatory programs previously linked to addiction and reward / Wolfgang Liedtke -- chapter 13. Development of local RAS in cardiovascular/body fluid regulatory systems and hypertension in fetal origins / Caiping Mao, Lijun Shi, Na Li, Feichao Xu, and Zhice Xu -- chapter 14. Sodium appetite sensitization / Seth W. Hurley, Robert L. Thunhorst, and Alan Kim Johnson -- chapter 15. Homeostasis and body fluid regulation : an end note / Laurival A. De Luca Jr., Richard B. David, and Jos�e V. Menani.

"The importance of the regulation of salt is of clinical relevance given its relation to the "epidemic" of high blood pressure and that virtually all foods throughout the EU and USA will be mandated to reduce their salt content. This book covers virtually all aspects of the innate drives of thirst and salt, including transduction, sensory mechanism, afferent systems, organization, CNS integrative circuitry, and efferent pathways and effectors systems. It also covers the addition aspects of salt appetites and the orexigenic aspects, as well as other emerging topics in this field"--Provided by publisher.

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