Studies Using Decerebrate Rats Indicate That

question 11

Multiple Choice

Studies using decerebrate rats indicate that

• A) the circuits controlling ingestion lie forward to the brain stem.
• B) CCK acts within the frontal cortex to stimulate eating.
• C) the brain stem contains circuits that allow a rat to chew and to swallow.
• D) decerebrate rats are unable to chew, to swallow, or to distinguish tastes.
• E) feeding circuits are contained within the forebrain.

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