Smith D F, Balagura S, Lubran M
Science. 1970 Jan 16;167(3916):297-8. doi: 10.1126/science.167.3916.297.
Albino rats increased their intake of water soon after they were given a load of 0.12 molar lithium chloride in the stomach. Alterations in blood volume and tonicity could not account for the magnitude of the thirst observed, which served to facilitate the renal excretion of the toxic lithium ions.
给白化大鼠胃内灌入0.12摩尔的氯化锂后不久,它们的饮水量就增加了。血容量和张力的改变无法解释所观察到的口渴程度,而口渴有助于肾脏排出有毒的锂离子。