As part of your biological psychology class, you conduct an experiment in which a rat's brain is continuously infused with ahormone called ghrelin. Based on what you've learned about ghrelin in your psychology text, you predict that the rat will:

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Ghrelin is known as the "hunger hormone" because it stimulates appetite and food intake. Therefore, continuous infusion of ghrelin into the rat's brain would likely cause the rat to develop a huge appetite and gain weight.

As Part of Your Biological Psychology Class, You Conduct an Experiment