Studies of feeding using decerebrate rats indicate that
a. the feeding circuits for chewing are contained within the forebrain.
b. CCK acts on frontal cortex to stimulate eating.
c. the brainstem contains circuits that allow a rat to chew and to swallow.
d. decerebrate rats are unable to chew, swallow, or distinguish tastes.
e. the circuits controlling ingestion lie forward to the brainstem.
Answer: c. the brainstem contains circuits that allow a rat to chew and to swallow.
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