Paper:
Zimmerman CA, Lin YC, Leib DE, Guo L, Huey EL, Daly GE, Chen Y, Knight ZA (2016). Thirst neurons anticipate the homeostatic consequences of eating and drinking. Nature 537: 680–684. doi:10.1038/nature18950
Coverage:
UCSF press release: “New understanding of thirst emerges from brain study”
Nature News & Views by Krashes: “Forecast for water balance”
Nature Podcast featuring Zack: link
Cell Select highlight: “Firing up in anticipation”
News stories: BBC News, STAT, Popular Science