title: [Sodium homeostasis].
abstract: Sodium content in the body is maintained within narrow limits, despite large variations in dietary sodium intake. The reason is that renal tubular sodium reabsorption and, therefore, sodium excretion can rapidly adapt thanks to endo-, para- and autocrine factors. The near constancy of sodium content guarantees the maintenance of plasma volume and blood pressure in the normal range.
authors.affiliation: Département de Physiologie et Radio-Isotopes, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20 rue Leblanc, Université René Descartes-Paris 5, France. pascal.houillier@egp.aphp.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Houillier
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000502:physiology; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium