Dr Pasantes Is Investigating How the Brain Regulates Patterns of Eating

question 2

Multiple Choice

Dr. Pasantes is investigating how the brain regulates patterns of eating behavior. She performs an experiment and finds that lesioning a particular brain region causes rodents to completely stop eating. What area of the brain has Dr. Pasantes lesioned? ​

• A)the lateral hypothalamus
• B)the ventromedial hypothalamus
• C)the lateral amygdala
• D)the ventromedial amygdala

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