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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
País: | Brazil
Título: | Fetal development of regulatory mechanisms for body fluid homeostasis
Autores: | Guan,J.; Mao,C.; Feng,X.; Zhang,H.; Xu,F.; Geng,C.; Zhu,L.; Wang,A.; Xu,Z.
Data: | 2008-06-01
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Fetal body fluids; Fetal hormonal regulation; Fetal renal regulation; Swallowing.
Resumo: | The balance of body fluids is critical to health and the development of diseases. Although quite a few review papers have shown that several mechanisms, including hormonal and behavioral regulation, play an important role in body fluid homeostasis in adults, there is limited information on the development of regulatory mechanisms for fetal body fluid balance. Hormonal, renal, and behavioral control of body fluids function to some extent in utero. Hormonal mechanisms including the renin-angiotensin system, aldosterone, and vasopressin are involved in modifying fetal renal excretion, reabsorption of sodium and water, and regulation of vascular volume. In utero behavioral changes, such as fetal swallowing, have been suggested to be early functional development in response to dipsogens. Since diseases, such as hypertension, can be traced to fetal origin, it is important to understand the development of fetal regulatory mechanisms for body fluid homeostasis in this early stage of life. This review focuses on fetal hormonal, behavioral, and renal development related to regulation of body fluids in utero.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000600002
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X2008005000025
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.41 n.6 2008
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess