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Naymalis La Santa Medina

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintOct 1, 2026

A learned oral signal drives long-lasting thirst satiation

Zhengya Liu, Ho Namkung, Jingkun Zhang…·Zachary A. Knight

The paper shows that sham drinking suppresses thirst-promoting neurons and this suppression is learned and persists after drinking stops.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.25.754368

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintNov 30, 2023

Negative feedback control of hunger circuits by the taste of food

Tara J. Aitken, Truong Ly, Sarah Shehata…·Zachary A. Knight

This study shows that taste signals inhibit hunger-promoting AgRP neurons during eating, delaying satiety and increasing food intake when this inhibition is blocked.

7 citations

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