You are performing laser ablation experiments on laboratory animals to ascertain the effects, on feeding behaviors, of damage to certain regions of the brain. In one series of experiments it is found that loss of the targeted brain region causes the animals eat nearly continuously, no matter the time of day, nor the composition of the chow. The ablation was centered on the hypothalamus and these results strongly indicate the damage affected which of the following regions of this structure?
A) lateral hypothalamic area (LHA)
B) nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS, NST)
C) paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN, PVH)
D) suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)
E) ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH, VMN)

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The Answer is E

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