Water ingestion by rats fed a high-salt diet may be mediated, in part, by visceral osmoreceptors

After surgical removal of all salivary secretions ("desalivation"), rats increase their consumption of water while eating dry laboratory chow. In the present experiments, desalivated rats drank even more water while they ate "powdered" high-salt food (i.e.,

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Published in:American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology integrative and comparative physiology, 2006-06, Vol.59 (6), p.R1742
Main Authors: Manesh, Reza, Hoffmann, Myriam L, Stricker, Edward M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body fluids
Diet
Plasma
Rodents
Salt
Water
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Summary:After surgical removal of all salivary secretions ("desalivation"), rats increase their consumption of water while eating dry laboratory chow. In the present experiments, desalivated rats drank even more water while they ate "powdered" high-salt food (i.e.,
ISSN:0363-6119
1522-1490