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Electrical recordings of approximately 24,000 individual neurons across 34 regions of the mouse brain reveal, in a study published in Science today (April 4), the cells that become activated during thirst, drinking, and satiety. The results show the widespread distribution of neuronal activity at different phases of the process and how these patterns of activity can be largely recapitulated by the stimulation of a specific group of sensory cells.
“[The work provides] a very detailed look at one of the most basic processes that terrestrial animals need to be able to do in order to stay alive,” says neurobiologist Scott Sternson of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Janelia Research Campus who was not involved in the research.
“It’s really a tour de force that they were able to record from so many neurons,” adds neurologist Charles Bourque of McGill University who also did not participate in ...
