Striatal signaling tracks naturalistic short-term fluctuations in hunger-satiety
Devry Mourra, Cayla E. Murphy, Elias Hourany, Kelly Centeno, Federico G. Gnazzo, Jeff A. Beeler
This study examines how dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens changes during naturalistic feeding, showing transient increases during food approach that diminish with ingestion and recover between meals.
bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience