The selective appetite for Na+ shown by Na+‐deficient sheep
The selective appetite for Na+ shown by Na+‐deficient sheep
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缺Na+的羊表现出对Na+的选择性食欲
DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1961.sp006708
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发表时间:
1961
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通讯作者:
J. Sabine
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作者:
D. Denton;J. Sabine
In view of the importance of Na+ equilibrium to normal function of higher species, an innate behaviour pattern promoting its intake in the face of deficiency could give an important survival advantage to the organism. Richter (1956) has shown that young rats, for whom their mother's milk has been the sole source of nourishment, consistently showed an active appetite for NaCl when confronted with it for the first time. He states that with mammals there is a universal liking for NaCl, and he considers this to be indicative of an inherited behaviour pattern which has conferred survival advantage. Thisprimitive attractionfor saltwas modified by metabolic conditions, as is evidenced by the increased intake of NaCl solution which occurred when NaCl loss was caused by adrenalectomy. Previous publications from this laboratory have described the preparation and maintenance of sheep which have a permanent unilateral parotid fistula (Denton, 1956, 1957 a; Denton, Goding & Wright, 1959), and lose 1-41./day of alkaline parotid saliva containing 170-680 m-equiv of NaHCO3. An animal prepared in this manner is an excellent subject for the study of physiological adaptations in the face of a controlled and precisely defined stress on the milieu interieur. This paper reports experiments on the voluntary intake by sheep of Na-containing solutions, and the effect of Na+ deficiency caused by loss of saliva on this voluntary intake.