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  2. Adipsia - Wikipedia

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    Type A (essential hypernatremia syndrome) involves an increase of the level in which solvent molecules can pass through cell membranes (osmotic threshold) for vasopressin release and the activation of the feeling of thirst. This is the most characterized sub-type of adipsia, however there is no known cause for Type A adipsia.

  3. Thirst - Wikipedia

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    Thirst (1886), by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Thirst is the craving for potable fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink. It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. [1] It arises from a lack of fluids or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites, such as sodium.

  4. Polydipsia - Wikipedia

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    Polydipsia is excessive thirst or excess drinking. [1] The word derives from Greek πολυδίψιος (poludípsios) 'very thirsty', [2] which is derived from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) 'much, many' and δίψα (dípsa) 'thirst'. Polydipsia is a nonspecific symptom in various medical disorders.

  5. Hunger (physiology) - Wikipedia

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    Hunger is a sensation that motivates the consumption of food. The sensation of hunger typically manifests after only a few hours without eating and is generally considered to be unpleasant. Satiety occurs between 5 and 20 minutes after eating. [1] There are several theories about how the feeling of hunger arises. [2]

  6. Homeostatic feeling - Wikipedia

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    Homeostatic feeling is a class of feelings (e.g. thirst, fatigue, pain, desire, malaise, well-being) that inform us about our physiological condition. [1] In his earlier work Antonio Damasio used " primordial feeling " but he now prefers the term "homeostatic feeling" for the class.

  7. Stress (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The amount of strain in reaction to stress depends on the resilience. Excessive strain would appear as illness. [20] [21] Walter Cannon used it in 1926 to refer to external factors that disrupted what he called homeostasis. [22] But "...stress as an explanation of lived experience is absent from both lay and expert life narratives before the ...

  8. Behavioral neuroscience - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the bulk of literature in behavioral neuroscience deals with experiences and mental processes that are shared across different animal models such as: Sensation and perception; Motivated behavior (hunger, thirst, sex) Control of movement; Learning and memory; Sleep and biological rhythms; Emotion

  9. Emotion - Wikipedia

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    They include thirst, hunger for air, hunger for food, pain and hunger for specific minerals etc. There are two constituents of a primordial emotion – the specific sensation which when severe may be imperious, and the compelling intention for gratification by a consummatory act".