Turning up the volume: BNST couples internal state to consumption.

Betley, J Nicholas · Cell · 2025

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Abstract

In this issue of Cell, Canovas and colleagues identify a consummatory dial in the brain that controls ingestion levels in a state-dependent manner. By continuing to trace the flow of sweet taste information, the authors identify a generalized intensity dial that broadly modulates consumption.

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