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waynest

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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.

Question 2

Damage to the ventrolateral preoptic area would be expected to
 
  a. impair the control of temperature regulation.
  b. reproduce the symptoms of narcolepsy.
  c. produce insomnia.
  d. produce persistent REM sleep.
  e. alter male reproductive behavior.



dantucker

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: e. the alternation between sleep and waking.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. produce insomnia.



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