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Physiological, Morphological and Behavioural Adaptation to a Sodium Deficient Environment by Wild Native Australian and Introduced Species of Animals
J. R. Blair-West,John P. Coghlan,Derek A. Denton,J. F. Nelson,Elspeth Orchard,Bruce A. Scoggins,R. D. Wright,K. Myers,C. L. Junqueira +8 more
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Native Australian and introduced species of animals are adapted to severe sodium deficiency, and it has been shown that mechanisms controlling sodium homeostasis in wild rabbits are subject to profound stress.Abstract:
Native Australian and introduced species of animals are adapted to severe sodium deficiency. Effects of such a deficiency are aggravated by pregnancy and lactation, and it has been shown that mechanisms controlling sodium homeostasis in wild rabbits are subject to profound stress.read more
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Blood pressure and dietary salt in human populations.
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Central regulation of sodium appetite
Joel C. Geerling,Arthur D. Loewy +1 more
TL;DR: A rudimentary framework is proposed for the brain circuits that integrate peripheral information representing the need for sodium with neural signals for the gustatory detection of salt in order to drive a motivated ingestive response.
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The significance of lactation in the evolution of mammals.
TL;DR: It is suggested that parental feeding may partly explain why the radiation of mammals and birds was favored by the climatic changes at the Cretaceous/Tertiary transition, which coincided with the extinction of the dinosaurs and other large reptiles.
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Biochemical Functions of Geophagy in Parrots: Detoxification of Dietary Toxins and Cytoprotective Effects
TL;DR: In captive Amazona parrots, orally administered clay reduced the bioavailability of the alkaloid quinidine by roughly 60%, demonstrating that in vivo adsorption of potentially toxic compounds may be a biologically important function of geophagy.
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