Credits: Young woman eating red apple, © Piotr Marcinski/Agefotostock; Rats, BW photo, Dr. Bruce King. The rise, fall, and resurrection of the ventromedial hypothalamus in the regulation of feeding behavior and body weight. Physiology & Behavior, Volume 87, Issue 2, 28 February 2006 MRI, midsagittal section, showing a normal brain, highlighting the hypothalamus (orange), © ISM/Phototake