Osmoreception in the duck's brain identified by neurophysiological methods and phylogenetic structural cues.
Central nervous thermo- and osmo-responsive neurones are considered as important signal generators in the corresponding homeostatic control systems. Criteria for specificity are discussed in view of only functional evidence for the former, and of both functional and structural evidence for the latter.
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Max-Planck-/W.G. Kerckhoff Institute, Bad Nauhem, FRG.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004372:Ducks / Q000502:physiology*; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D013823:Thermoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology*