title: Bengt Andersson's pioneering demonstration of the hypothalamic "drinking area" and the subsequent osmoreceptor/sodium receptor controversy.
authors.affiliation: Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fitzsimons
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004327:Drinking Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013548:Sweden; D013894:Thirst / Q000502:physiology; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D012964:Sodium