Motivation to Eat-AgRP Neurons and Homeostatic Need.

Yang, Dengbao; Liu, Tiemin; Williams, Kevin W · Cell Metab · 2015

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Abstract

Activation of AgRP neurons potently induces feeding behaviors; however, whether this activity is involved in motivations of feeding behavior is unclear. A recent study in Nature (Betley et al., 2015) reports that AgRP neuron activity conditions learned behavior by transmitting a negative-valence signal: linking AgRP neurons to the preference of environmental cues associated with homeostatic need.

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