Ventricular Expansion Couples Hyperosmotic Stress to Thirst
Tingting Zhu, Chaohua Jiang, Jie Yang, Hanming Zheng, Xiaoli Lin, Weizhen He, Lijie Zhang, Zihao Chen, Yun Stone Shi, Haiyun Ren, Zhihai Qiu
The paper shows that ventricular expansion in mice links hyperosmotic stress to thirst by mechanically activating candidate mechanosensitive channels.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience