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A part of the rat brain called the ventromedial hypothalamus helps control eating when the rat is hungry, and dopamine signals through D1 receptors are part of how it works.
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Scientists found that when they turned on a specific brain signal (D1-like receptors) in the appetite-control area of fasted rats' brains, the rats ate more—when they turned it off, the rats ate less. This proves that signal helps control hunger after fasting.
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