Full intestines, more than full stomachs, may tell mice to stop eating
Nerve endings in mice’s intestines that sense a full load could be a part of appetite control
![mouse intestine](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/111519_ls_intestine-stretch_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Newly described nerve endings (pink) in a mouse’s intestine sense stretching, a pull that may send a “stop eating” signal to the brain.
Knight lab/UCSF