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Preoperative ingestive events can protect animals against lesion-induced deficits in ingestive behavior. The phenomenon is clearly present following lesions in hypothalamic regions of the brain and other brain regions implicated in ingestive behavior. If a brain region is necessary for the ingestive behavior, the preoperative treatments will not be protective. In this review, it is suggested that the amygdala may be critically involved in these protective effects on ingestive behavior.
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Schulkin, J. The effects of preoperative ingestive events on feeding and drinking behavior following brain damage. Psychobiology 16, 185–195 (1988). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327306
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