Which of the Following Would Cause a Rat to Stop

question 133

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would cause a rat to stop eating?

• A) destroying its ventromedial hypothalamus
• B) stimulating its lateral hypothalamus
• C) inject its paraventricular nucleus with a high glucose solution
• D) destroying its lateral hypothalamus

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