02 Oct 2017 --- Researchers have shed new light on how hormones work on the brain to trigger salt-seeking and salt-consuming behavior. In research published in the journal Neuron, a team of scientists in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) identified the sub-population of neurons that respond to the body's sodium deficiency and mapped the brain circuitry underlying the drive to consume salt.
