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Abstract

Drinking and eating are critically important motivated behaviors whose expression is usually tightly linked; under conditions of spontaneous intake, disruption of one usually disturbs the other. This characteristic is exemplified by dehydration-induced anorexia in which increasing plasma osmolality leads to a centrally generated reduction in food intake, which is then rapidly reversed as water is again made available. This review discusses, at a systems level, how the brain is organized to generate these behaviors and how dehydration affects the expression of neuropeptides in sets of anatomically defined forebrain circuits that contribute to the integration of motor outputs. These findings are then used to consider how altered neuropeptidergic signaling operates within motor drive networks and how these changes may impact the way neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral motor systems respond to this fundamental homeostatic challenge.

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2001-03-01
2024-03-28
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