The effects of disconnecting the subfornical organ on behavioral and physiological responses to alterations of body sodium.
Rats with knife cuts transecting the subfornical organ efferent projections were examined for behavioral and renal responses to experimental alterations in body sodium. Lack of subfornical organ efferent projections did not impair behavioral and renal compensatory responses either in the latency to respond or in magnitude of the response.
D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D005665:Furosemide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012964:Sodium / Q000502:physiology* / Q000652:urine; D013356:Subfornical Organ / Q000502:physiology*
D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D005665:Furosemide; D012964:Sodium