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If a Portion of the Pancreas Is Surgically Removed from a Rat

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If a portion of the pancreas is surgically removed from a rat and the rat subsequently loses its appetite, one explanation is that the removed portion contains cells that secrete a chemical signal that somehow stimulates appetite. Given this scenario, what type of chemical signaling is occurring?


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A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

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