Sodium Hunger

The Search for a Salty Taste

Jay Schulkin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2005
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-01842-5 (ISBN)

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The hunger for sodium has been used as a model system in which to study how the brain produces motivated behaviour. In this account of the field Jay Schulkin draws together information across a range of disciplines and topics, ranging from the ecology of salt ingestion to the sodium molecule and the action of various hormones. The phenomenon of sodium hunger was discovered by Curt Richter, the great American psychobiologist, over 50 years ago. Its study has been of interest for some time: to naturalists, psychologists, endocrinologists, physiologists and neuroscientists. 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. Finally, the book provides a description of a neural network that orchestrates the behaviour of salt seeking and salt ingestion. Graduate students and research workers in psychology, physiology and neuroscience will find valuable information in this review.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.8.2005
Zusatzinfo	9 Halftones, unspecified; 80 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Gewicht	298 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-521-01842-0 / 0521018420
ISBN-13	978-0-521-01842-5 / 9780521018425
Zustand	Neuware