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Director of editorial strategy @biohub, formerly editor @KnowableMag, writer for @NewsFromScience, @TheLWON, etc.
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How do we know when we need to pee? It’s surprisingly complex - and can go awry as we age

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By Emily Underwood Verified
| Genetic Literacy Project
You’re driving somewhere, eyes on the road, when you start to feel a tingling sensation in your lower abdomen. That extra-large Coke you drank an hour ago has made its way through your kidneys into your bladder. “Time to pull over,” you think, scanning for an exit ramp. To most people, pulling into a highway rest stop is a profoundly mundane experience. But not to neuroscientist Rita Valentino, who has studied how the brain senses, interprets and acts on the bladder’s signals.
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To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder - and the brain

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By Emily Underwood Verified
| FHIcommunications
How do we sense the need to urinate? The basic urge is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age. You’re driving somewhere, eyes on the road, when you start to feel a tingling sensation in your lower abdomen. That extra-large Coke you drank an hour ago has made its way through your kidneys into your bladder. “Time to pull over,” you think, scanning for an exit ramp. To most people, pulling into a highway rest stop is a profoundly mundane experience.
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In a Bizarre Experiment, Neuroscientists Figured Out How We Control This Extremely Basic Human Need

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By Emily Underwood Verified
| Inverse Verified
You’re driving somewhere, eyes on the road, when you start to feel a tingling sensation in your lower abdomen. That extra-large Coke you drank an hour ago has made its way through your kidneys into your bladder. “Time to pull over,” you think, scanning for an exit ramp. To most people, pulling into a highway rest stop is a profoundly mundane experience. But not to neuroscientist Rita Valentino, who has studied how the brain senses, interprets, and acts on the bladder’s signals.
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