Correlation of regional cerebral blood flow and change of plasma sodium concentration during genesis and satiation of thirst.

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CARTA-Inspired Publication

Publication Type: Journal Article

Authors: Denton, D; Shade, R; Zamarippa, F; Egan, G; Blair-West, J; McKinley, M; Fox, P

Year of Publication: 1999

Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Volume: 96

Number: 5

Pagination: 2532-7

Date Published: Mar 2

Publisher: UNITED STATES

Publication Language: eng

Accession Number: 10051677

Keywords: Adult, Brain Mapping, Brain/blood supply/*physiology/radionuclide imaging, Cerebrovascular Circulation/*physiology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Oxygen Radioisotopes/diagnostic use/pharmacokinetics, Regional Blood Flow, Satiation/*physiology

Abstract:

Positron emission tomography studies were conducted during genesis of moderate thirst by rapid i.v. infusion of hypertonic saline (0.51 M) and after satiation of thirst by drinking water. The correlation of regional cerebral blood flow with the change in the plasma Na concentration showed a significant group of cerebral activations in the anterior cingulate region and also a site in the middle temporal gyrus and in the periaqueductal gray. Strongest deactivations occurred in the parahippocampal and frontal gyri. The data are consistent with an important role of the anterior cingulate in the genesis of thirst.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Mar 2;96(5):2532-7.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC26819/

Author Address:

Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

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