Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Distinct CCK-positive SFO neurons are involved in persistent or transient suppression of water intake

  • Takashi Matsuda,
  • Takeshi Y. Hiyama,
  • Kenta Kobayashi,
  • Kazuto Kobayashi,
  • Masaharu Noda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19191-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Water intake is critical to our life, and the subfornical organ in the brain involved in the control of this behavior. Here, the authors reveal that two distinct groups of CCK-producing neurons in the SFO suppress water intake according to the physiological condition or water-intake stimulus.