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​damage to the ventromedial hypothalamus leads to eating ____.

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Eating Disorder

Research has it that damage to ventromedial hypothalamus either through excision of lesioning resulted in subjects exhibiting hyperphagia (an abnormal increase in appetite for food) and obese. The damage to the brain region has also been associated with increased gastric secretion.


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