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When performing electrolytic surgery an electrode is inserted into the brain

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The electrode is a thin wire that conducts electricity

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It is so thin that it doesn't damage other areas of the brain as it is inserted

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The electrode will be used to deliver an electric current to one of two distinct areas of the brain;

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the lateral hypothalamus or the ventromedial hypothalamus