Eating - Neural explanations involved in controlling eating behaviour

Question 1

Anand and Brobeck

Answer 1

lesioned the hypothalamus in rats - found that rats no longer ate and starved themselves

Question 2

Hetherington and Ranson

Answer 2

demonstrated that lesions of the ventromedial nucleus caused rats to overeat and become dramatically obese

Question 3

Carlson

Answer 3

Ob mice - missing the hormone leptin, so became obese - when injected with leptin they lost weight (oversimplification - doesn’t support humans)