Sodium Hunger - The Search for a Salty Taste

Zusammenfassung This book offers a systematic account of the behaviour of the sodium hungry animal! the endocrine and physiological mechanisms that act to maintain sodium balance and then act on the brain to promote the search for and the ingestion of salt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Salt seeking behaviour; Hormonal regulation of salt intake; Gustatory contribution to salt intake; Physiological factors in the control of salt intake; Neural circuits underlying salt intake; Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Schulkin, Jay (University of Pennsylvania) Schulkin, Schulkin Jay
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2005
• EAN: 9780521018425
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01842-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, Animal behaviour, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Ethology and animal behaviour