Lateral hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone neuron dynamics in rats during sensory stimulation and sugar sweetened alcoholic cocktail drinking
Isabel R. K. Kuebler, Jonathan Y. Chin, Jessica D. Vollan, Mauricio Suarez, Caroline E. Bass, Nicholas A. Hubbard, Ken T. Wakabayashi
This study examines how MCH neuron activity in rats responds to different sugar-sweetened alcoholic cocktails and sensory stimuli, finding that alcohol concentration affects MCH dynamics differently depending on the sugar type.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience