Thirst is a subjective sensation, triggered by a lack of water and
accompanied by the desire to drink. As a powerful and compelling
sensation, it is perhaps only exceeded by the hunger for air and by
pain, and is central to any concern with the overall mechanisms of
homeostasis. Drinking is essential to the survival of most
terrestrial vertebrates, and provides a useful model system with
which to analyse the control of a complex type of behaviour.
Furthermore, drinking requires integrated behavioural responses to
physiological stimuli and environmental demands, and therefore
offers a good example for the analysis of the biological mechanisms
underlying behaviour. First published in 1982, this book describes
the control of thirst and water intake, and the physiology and
psychology of drinking. Although this book is intended primarily
for students of psychology, physiology and medicine, it should be
of interest to all those concerned with the scientific study of
thirst and with the physiological and neural bases of behaviour.
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