title: Water and electrolyte homeostasis brings balance to physiology.
abstract: The American Physiological Society officially recognized the area of research in Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis (WEH) over 30 years ago when the Section of WEH was established. This minireview illuminates the importance of WEH research to the physiology community. By the narrowest definition, WEH research studies the regulation of body fluids; however, this research area is much broader and more relevant today than when this subdiscipline was first recognized because of the translational and systemic "point of view" of WEH research. This minireview highlights how WEH research serves as a balanced force between the full range of other more traditional organ-based physiological and pathophysiological concepts. The breadth of research in which WEH investigators engage is on full display with the publication of minireviews from the annual Data Diuresis session at Experimental Biology.
authors.affiliation: Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; pollockj@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Pollock
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi;
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; and.
authors.forename: Willis K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Samson
authors.affiliation: Business Development and Licensing, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000502:physiology; D004231:Diuresis / Q000502:physiology; D004573:Electrolytes; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010829:Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes