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Review

Homeostasis and Body Fluid Regulation: An End Note

Laurival A De Luca Jr, Richard B David, José V Menani
Laurival Antonio De Luca Jr  1 , José Vanderlei Menani  1 , Alan Kim Johnson  2
, editors.
In: Neurobiology of Body Fluid Homeostasis: Transduction and Integration. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press/Taylor & Francis; 2014. Chapter 15.
Frontiers in Neuroscience.
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Homeostasis and Body Fluid Regulation: An End Note

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Homeostasis is accepted universally as a synonym of equilibrium or stability in biological systems and commonly used to describe activities of cells, organs, individuals, and society (Abbott 2003; Cannon 1929; Palagi and Mancini 2011). Tradition and universal acceptance easily preclude more explanations about the concept of homeostasis, being unlikely that the reading of this book has caused much doubt about its meaning.

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