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Why queasiness kills hunger: brain circuit identified

Feelings of hunger, nausea and fullness seem to be governed by separate brain circuits, finds a study in mice.
  1. Gillian Dohrn
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Wild field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) eating a blackberry on a log with green background.

A neural circuit that could put a hungry mouse off its food has been identified. Credit: Rudmer Zwerver/Alamy

No one wants to eat when they have an upset stomach. To pinpoint exactly where in the brain this distaste for eating originates, scientists studied nauseated mice.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01037-0

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