Johnson R F, Johnson A K
Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1407, USA.
Braz J Med Biol Res. 1997 Apr;30(4):487-91. doi: 10.1590/s0100-879x1997000400009.
One of the primary goals of the study of thirst is to understand why drinking occurs under ad libitum or natural conditions. An appreciation of the experimental strategies applied by physiologists studying thirst from different perspectives can facilitate progress toward understanding the natural history of drinking behavior. Drinking research carried out using three separate perspectives-homeostatic, circadian rhythms, and food-associated-generates types of information about the mechanisms underlying drinking behavior. By combining research strategies and methods derived from each of these approaches, it has been possible to gain new information that increases our appreciation of the interactions between homeostatic mechanisms and circadian rhythms in the modulation of water intake and how these might be related to drinking associated with food intake under near natural conditions.
对口渴进行研究的主要目标之一是了解在随意或自然条件下为何会发生饮水行为。了解从不同角度研究口渴的生理学家所采用的实验策略，有助于在理解饮水行为的自然史方面取得进展。使用三种不同视角开展的饮水研究——稳态、昼夜节律和与食物相关——产生了有关饮水行为潜在机制的各类信息。通过结合源自这些方法中的每一种的研究策略和方法，就有可能获得新信息，从而增进我们对稳态机制与昼夜节律在调节水摄入方面的相互作用的认识，以及了解这些相互作用在接近自然的条件下可能如何与食物摄入相关的饮水行为联系起来。
