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A neuroscientist is studying the functioning of the hypothalamic nuclei by ablating different parts of a mouse's hypothalamus and then monitoring the animal's behavior. In one such experiment, after ablation, the mouse begins to eat more food and becomes obese over a period of weeks. Which of the following structures was likely destroyed in this experiment?

A. Lateral nucleus

B. Septal nucleus

C. Suprachiasmatic nucleus

D. Supraoptic nucleus

E. Ventromedial nucleus

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E..

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laterla nucleus for hunegr n ventromedial is satiety centre.







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