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Sex, food or water? How mice decide

Neurons that regulate a mouse’s response to hunger and thirst also influence social interactions with the opposite sex.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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Under the right circumstances, even moderately hungry mice prefer to socialize with the opposite sex than to eat, researchers have found1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00521-3

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