What happened in 1973 when Gibbs, Young and Smith injected CCK into hungry rats? What hypothesis did it lead to?

What will be an ideal response?


> they ate smaller meals
> lead to the hypothesis that circulating gut peptides provide the brain with information about the quantity and nature of the food in the GI tract and this info plays a role in satiety

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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An organism is classified in the kingdom Plantae. Which of the following must be true about the organism?

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A) 2% B) 4% C) 10% D) 25% E) 40%

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