Dr. Diego Bohórquez

It's like Google Maps.

Everything connects to everything.

The first hubs of sensory integration are in the brainstem.

And for instance, the nucleus tractus solitarius is in a specific region we

in the brain.

The caudal is one area.

And NTS, for those that don't know, is involved in regulating hunger and appetite.

That's correct.

Other functions, perhaps, but like, for instance, that seems to be an area of sensory integration for nutrients.

Yes.

And there has been some elegant work from several different neuroscientists in this area, like tracking the circuitry.

From there on to many other different areas.

The hypothalamus, for instance, very basic behavioral functions.

And the striatum, where there is dopamine release, and then there is this pleasurable sensation and reward.

There are several other areas in there that are involved in this sensory integration.

There is quite a bit of work still to be done from specifically from the neuropods.

There is like some evidence that they are connecting directly to or there are

If you put two papers together, it's obvious that they are connecting to like some of these areas of dopamine release, basal ganglia in the brain.

And that's why they are causing this reinforcing effect like in the lateral hypothalamus and other areas.

I do think that ultimately there is quite a bit of a gap in like different regions of the digestive tract.