By electrically stimulating part of the brain of a laboratory rat a scientist has caused the rat to lose all interest in food. Which part of the brain has the scientist lesioned?

a. the hypothalamus
b. the lateral geniculate nucleus
c. the substantia nigra
d. the amygdala


A

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