title: Motivation to Eat-AgRP Neurons and Homeostatic Need.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
authors.forename: Dengbao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Division of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
authors.forename: Tiemin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: kevin.williams@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004326:Drinking / Q000502:physiology*; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D006815:Hunger / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D013894:Thirst / Q000502:physiology*