Table of Contents

The Human Penchant for Deranged Salt Balance. Circumventricular Organs: Integrators of Circulating Signals Controlling Hydration, Energy Balance, and Immune Function. Neuroendocrinology of Hydromineral Homeostasis. Preoptic–Periventricular Integrative Mechanisms Involved in Behavior, Fluid–Electrolyte Balance, and Pressor Responses. Diverse Roles of Angiotensin Receptor Intracellular Signaling Pathways in the Control of Water and Salt Intake. Separating Thirst from Hunger. Interdependent Preoptic Osmoregulatory and Thermoregulatory Mechanisms Influencing Body Fluid Balance and Heat Defense. Catecholaminergic Medullary Pathways and Cardiovascular Responses to Expanded Circulating Volume and Increased Osmolarity. Neurochemical Circuits Subserving Fluid Balance and Baroreflex: A Role for Serotonin, Oxytocin, and Gonadal Steroids. Brain Serotonergic Receptors and Control of Fluid Intake and Cardiovascular Function in Rats. Serotonergic Autoinhibition within Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Modulates Sodium Appetite. A Classic Innate Behavior, Sodium Appetite, Is Driven by Hypothalamic Gene-Regulatory Programs Previously Linked to Addiction and Reward. Development of Local RAS in Cardiovascular/Body Fluid Regulatory Systems and Hypertension in Fetal Origins. Sodium Appetite Sensitization. Homeostasis and Body Fluid Regulation: An End Note. Index.

About the Author

Laurival Antonio De Luca, José Vanderlei Menani, Alan Kim Johnson