Hunger is a gatekeeper of pain in the brain

Alexey Ponomarenko () and Tatiana Korotkova ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 556, issue 7702, 445-446

Abstract: A neuronal population has now been found that regulates two competing needs — hunger and pain. Urgent pain overrides hunger, but appetite-inducing neuronal activity dampens long-term pain responses to enable feeding.

Keywords: Neuroscience; Animal behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-04759-0

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