Dynamic processing of hunger and thirst by common mesolimbic neural ensembles.

Moreover, our finding nearly 80% of the neurons are activated also suggests that there may be significant overlap with other rewarding stimuli such as sucrose, drugs of abuse such as cocaine and opioids, though this will need to be tested directly, currently underway.

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We conclude that, despite a highly significant qualitative overlap across D2 neurons that respond to food and water, there is a difference in the intensity of the neural responses between food and water cues for this neuronal population.

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