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Temperate amphibians exhibit distinct, seasonal patterns of nutrient cycling that sustain vital functions during periods of aphagia, such as hibernation.
Based on lessons learnt from operations with lesions made in the hypothalamus of rats, with the aim of producing aphagia, neurosurgeons aim to induce aphagia in humans with the hope that the problem of intractable obesity can be explored using stereotatic techniques [52].