Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water each day. Strive for very light yellow urine. The messaging around proper hydration can be daunting -- but is it necessary? Nephrologists and neuroscientists who ...

Scientists uncovered a high-resolution map of the wiring inside the mouse brain's thirst center. With these blueprints, they could trick mice into becoming light or heavy water drinkers. Moreover, ...

Mechanistically, thirst starts with the excitation of osmoregulatory cells in a brain structure called the lamina terminalis, which is located in the anterior wall of the third ventricle. The lamina ...