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Interfacing pain and hunger.
Authors
Zhang Q, Krashes MJAbstract
Calculating and selecting what sensory and homeostatic requirements to attend to at any given time is vital for animals’ survival. Tang et al. uncovered a circuit emanating from excitatory cortical neurons that transmit nociceptive information via the hypothalamus to blunt appetite during periods of chronic pain.