Thirst is caused by electrolyte imbalance in the blood, but water is ingested into the intestines. How does the brain measure the correct amount of water needed before sending quenching signals? Where do these signals originate several minutes before the purpose of drinking water is taken care of? ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains new findings. Brought to you by  @Kia India  ----more----Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh----more----Supplementary reading: Sensory representation and detection mechanisms of gut osmolality change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04359-5 Ichiki, T., Wang, T., Kennedy, A. et al. Sensory representation and detection mechanisms of gut osmolality change. Nature (2022)----more----Hierarchical neural architecture underlying thirst regulation https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25488 Augustine, V., Gokce, S., Lee, S. et al. Hierarchical neural architecture underlying thirst regulation. Nature 555, 204–209 (2018)