Dr Pasantes Is Investigating How the Brain Regulates Patterns of Eating

Multiple Choice

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