Question

Researchers studying eating behavior using rats implant electrodes in either:

A. the frontal lobe or the temporal lobe.
B. the pons or the pituitary gland.
C. the lateral or the ventromedial hypothalamus.
D. the cerebellum or the corpus callosum.

Answer 1

The lateral and the ventro-medial hypothalamus

Step-by-step explanation:

The lateral and the ventro-medial hypothalamus are two eating center point in the brain. Theses are the eating hunger points in the brain. There are much research has been done on rats to know the role of LH and VMH in the brain.

Hypothalamus help in controlling the eating behavior called the lateral hypothalamus and the ventro-medial hypothalamus. The brain works with the satiety center in the brain related to eating behavior. Thus these two points are very important in eating behavior in human beings as well as in animals.