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November 23, 2023
Salty Much? These Brain Cells Decide When Tasty Becomes Blech (NPR)
November 20, 2023
Newly Discovered Brain Circuit Controls An Aversion to Salty Tastes (Caltech News)
September 11, 2023
"Invisible" Cell Types and Gene Expression Revealed with Sequencing Data Analysis Improvement (Caltech News)
January 27, 2022
Elucidation of the drinking water sensing mechanism in the gastrointestinal tract...(Niigata University)
January 26, 2022
Your Body's Thirst Messenger Is in an Unexpected Place (The New York Times)
January 26, 2022
The Brain Science Behind Deciding to Drink When You're Thirsty is Pretty Complicated (NPR)
January 26, 2022
How Gut Neurons Communicate with the Brain to Control Thirst (Caltech News)
October 14, 2020
The Brain Quenches Thirst in Different Ways (Caltech News)
October 14, 2020
Water Or A Sports Drink? These Brain Cells May Decide Which One We Crave (NPR)
October 22, 2019
Oka Receives Grant to Study Innate Brain Circuits (Caltech News)
October 22, 2019
NYSCF Announces 2019 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators (NYSCF Press Release)
May 31, 2019
Why Gulping Down a Cold Drink Feels So Rewarding (The New York Times)