Hunger modulates exploration through suppression of dopamine signaling in the tail of striatum
Tarun V. Kamath, Bart Lodder, Eliana Bilsel, Isobel Green, Rochelin Dalangin, Michelle Raghubardayal, Wengang Wang, Paolo Capelli, Jessie Legister, Joshua Timmins, Lauren Hulshof, Janet Berrios Wallace, Lin Tian, Naoshige Uchida, Mitsuko Watabe‐Uchida, Bernardo Luis Sabatini
The paper shows that hunger increases exploration by modulating dopamine signaling in the tail of the striatum via AgRP neurons.
Neuron · Oct 4, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience