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
Question 2
The body monitors fat stores by assessing levels of the hormone ____, which is produced and secreted by fat cells.
a. insulin
b. glucocorticoid
c. calcitonin
d. leptin
The pituitary gland lies just underneath the brain. It is subdivided into anterior and posterior lob
Brain Slices and Planes
Dopaminergic Pathways in a Rat Brain
The comparative brain sizes of different species
Tidal Patterns
Deep brain stimulation