Hunger and sleep recruit distinct brain systems to form spatial memory
Enea Tosadori, Joaquín Bou, Stoyan Dimitrov, Adrián Ocampo-Garcés, Jose L. Valdes, Marion Inostroza, Jan Born A, Anuck Sawangjit
This study shows that hunger and sleep use different brain systems to form spatial memory, with hunger relying on the retrosplenial cortex and sleep on hippocampal mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience