Wednesday, 29 May 2019

How the gut overrides the throat in telling the brain whether it's thirsty

Researchers have found two pathways that tell the brain when the body has had enough water

Feeling thirsty is a natural bodily function to get you to drink some water – but why does the feeling go away so quickly after downing a glass? Shouldn't it take a bit of time for the water to be absorbed? Strangely enough, the mechanisms behind thirst and satiation are somewhat of a mystery to science. So now researchers from Caltech have investigated and found two connections between body and brain that control the process.

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from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2MkOwIM

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