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. 2007 Sep;49(2):388-98.
doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.09.015. Epub 2007 Apr 5.

Homeostasis: beyond Curt Richter

Stephen C Woods  1 , Douglas S Ramsay
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Homeostasis: beyond Curt Richter

Stephen C Woods et al. Appetite. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

Curt Richter introduced behavioral control into the concept of homeostasis, thereby opening entire fields of research. The prevailing dogma, and the techniques he used, conspired to lead Richter and others to interpret regulation in strict negative feedback terms. Although this point of view continues to be embraced by many contemporary biologists, we believe that prevailing sentiment favors a broader view in which organisms integrate anticipatory pre-emptive control over regulated variables whenever possible.

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Consumption of a 2.4% solution of calcium lactate increases after removal of the parathyroid glands from a rat; and it subsequently decreases following the successful grafting of parathyroid tissue into the anterior chamber of the eye in the same rat (from (Richter 1942–1943)).
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