Neural mechanisms involved in eating behaviour

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What is the satiety centre of the brain?
ventromedial hypothalamus
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what is the hunger centre of the brain?
Lateral hypothalamus
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Who researched into lesions in the VMH?
Heatherington and Ranson
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Who researched into lesions into the LH?
Anand and Brobeck
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what is the name of the hormone that Lutter identified as most important?
Ghrelin
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Who did research into ghrelin?
Cummings et al
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in this study when did ghrelin leves reach their lowest?
70 minutes
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Who said that the presence of food was enough to signal satiety?
cannon and washburn
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what is the hormone that does the opposite to Ghrelin?
cck
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who did research into this hormone?
smith gibbs and kulkosky
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