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REAL-TIME SIGNALS FROM BODY TO BRAIN HELP REGULATE SENSATION OF THIRST
Real-Time Signals from Body to Brain Help Regulate
Sensation of Thirst
Christopher Zimmerman is the 2020 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for discovering how the brain
estimates our need for water even before information from ingested food or fluids has entered our bloodstream. His
research reveals that; upon eating or
drinking, signals arise from the mouth and
providing "predictive" information
to brain neurons that use these signals to satiate Or convey thirst:
Zimmerman
work demonstrates how and which activities outside of the brain contribute to
feeling thirsty, identifying
previously unknown body-to-brain pathways that work together to govern this fundamental sensation.
"The prize-winning research provides an elegant neurobiological explanation for a phenomenon that each of us has
experienced many times in our lives;" said Peter Stern, senior editor at Science: The work helps explain, for example, how
we can
quickly feel thirst, how the sensation changes
meals, and why cold drinks have a thirst-quenching power:
Tops
gut,
during