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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 Out need for water even before information from ingested food or lluids has entered our bloodstream: His
research reveals that; upon
dtinking; signals arise from the mouth and gut; providing "predictive" information
to brain neurons that use these signals to satiate @r 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 ofus has
experienced many times in OUL 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.
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