Journal article

The median preoptic nucleus: front and centre for the regulation of body fluid, sodium, temperature, sleep and cardiovascular homeostasis

MJ McKinley, ST Yao, A Uschakov, RM McAllen, M Rundgren, D Martelli

Acta Physiologica | WILEY | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1111/apha.12487

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Our work is supported by the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation, and NHMRC of Australia Project Grants 1051103 and 1051104 to RMMcA and MJMcK.

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Keywords

Sleep
Body Temperature Regulation
Humans
Thirst
Cardiovascular
D-Aspartate Receptors
Brown Adipose-Tissue
Anteroventral 3rd-Ventricle Av3v
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Science & Technology
Animals
Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
Dehydration-Induced Natriuresis
Thermoregulation
Sympathetic-Nerve Activity
Body Fluids
Homeostasis
Preoptic Area
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus
Preoptic
Physiology
Vasopressin
C-Fos Expression
Subfornical Organ Efferents
Sodium
Lamina Terminalis