Our latest paper on prey capture, “Activation of the hypothalamic feeding centre upon visual prey detection” was published in Nature Communications on April 20, 2017.
Paper
- Activation of the hypothalamic feeding centre upon visual prey detection (Nature Communications 15029 (2017) doi:10.1038/ncomms15029)
The Youtube movie below highlights our findings. This calcium imaging data shows that the prey detector neurons (the pretectum) and the feeding center (the inferior lobes of the hypothalamus) become active in a zebrafish larvae, embedded in agarose, when the prey (a paramecium) comes by.
Supplementary movie 09 (Please visit the Nature Communications website for more movies)
Press release
- ‘Eating with the eyes’ is hard-wired in the brain (EurekAlert!)
- 見たらつい食べたくなるのは本能だった (EurekAlert!日本語版）
Media coverage
- 脳内神経回路が原因 遺伝学研助教ら解明 毎日新聞 2017年4月20日 18時00分) （転載）ヤフーニュース, BIGLOBEニュース, ニコニコニュース [Japan]
- 視覚と食欲に関連 三島・遺伝研が神経回路発見 静岡新聞 2017/4/21 07:50 [Japan]
- Why seeing a tasty snack can make your mouth water: ‘Eating with your eyes’ is hardwired in the brain MailOnline (Daily Mail) By Harry Pettit Published: 13:11 BST, 20 April 2017 [UK]
- Pažravosti sa nevyhnete. Máme ju zakódovanú v mozgu SME 22. apr 2017 o 0:00 Gregor Kaclík [Slovakia]
- The real reason looking at food can make you feel hungry Earth.com 04.20.2017 By Connor Ertz [USA]
- La comida entra por los ojos, lo tenemos grabado en el cerebro Quo Juan Scaliter – 20/04/2017 [Spain]
- La vista del cibo ‘scatena’ l’appetito: ecco perché succede MeteoWeb A cura di Monia Sangermano 20 aprile 2017 – 17:53 [Italy]
- La vista del cibo scatena l’appetito? Nutri&Previeni 21 aprile, 2017 [Italy]
- Perchè si può ‘mangiare con gli occhi’ ANSA 21 aprile 201715:16 [Italy]
- Scientists have found that ‘eating with your eyes’ is rooted in evolution Daily Times [Pakistan]
- La comida entra por los ojos Taringa! [Argentina]
- ‘Eating with the eyes’ is hard-wired in the brain ScienceDaily [USA]
