The Capacity of Circuits Involving the VlPOA and the Locus

question 9

Multiple Choice

The capacity of circuits involving the vlPOA and the locus coeruleus, raphe nuclei, and dorsal pons to show mutual inhibition may result in

• A) the transitions between eating and drinking in the rat.
• B) alternating motor search behaviors in a maze.
• C) shifts of attention.
• D) stepping behavior.
• E) the alternation between sleep and waking.

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Definitions:

Freud

refers to Sigmund Freud, the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

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