The Physiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite

The behavioral neuroscience of thirst and sodium appetite are research ventures that have expanded dramatically in recent years. Work done in the mid-1950s and early 1960s made it clear that drinking behavior could be affected by direct manipulations of the brain, especially by brain damage and by pharmacological treatments. Since that. time experimental approaches have diversified and the research enterprise has attracted the interest of a broad international community of scientists. Many ...