The ontogeny of salt appetite aroused by depletion in the rat.
The emergence of the rat's ability to respond behaviorally to a bodily sodium deficit was examined. Sucklings were depleted of bodily sodium by furosemide injections and their ability to replenish sodium by imbibing 3% NaCl solution was measured at different ages. The results suggest that the appetite for salt, as a response to sodium deficit, matures at weaning age.
Leshem
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Psychology Department, Haifa University, Israel.
Yehuda
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013894:Thirst / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
D012965:Sodium Chloride