Hunger-Driven Motivational State Competition

2,265 views · Published 5 October 2016 · 6:25 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: Cell Press · 2016 · Science & Technology

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See the article by Burnett et al., Neuron 92/1, http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(16)30525-6.

Foraging, fighting, fleeing, and mating decisions impact evolutionary fitness and mold the neural circuits that mediate decision making. Here, we report how hunger coordinates food seeking and vies for behavioral expression with other competing motivational drives such as thirst, anxiety, innate fear, and social interaction.

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