Still Thirsty? It's Up To Your Brain, Not Your Body
Thirst is what compels us to start hydrating. Now scientists have found a brain circuit in mice that seems to switch off thirst when they've taken in enough fluid and before it gets dangerous.
When the body gets dehydrated, the brain tells us to start chugging fluids. But what tells us when to stop?
The answer appears to be a brain circuit that acts like a water meter, constantly measuring how much fluid we are taking in, a team reports Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"This is amazing," says , the study's lead author
