The milk of many mammals contains cannabinoids, substances that are known to stimulate certain receptors in the brain. To investigate the function of cannabinoids, researchers injected newborn mice with a chemical that is known to block cannabinoids from reaching their receptors in the brain. The injected mice showed far less interest in feeding than normal newborn mice do. Therefore, cannabinoids probably function to stimulate the appetite. True or False?

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Sadie Pacheco

Biology

24 October, 01:18

The milk of many mammals contains cannabinoids, substances that are known to stimulate certain receptors in the brain. To investigate the function of cannabinoids, researchers injected newborn mice with a chemical that is known to block cannabinoids from reaching their receptors in the brain. The injected mice showed far less interest in feeding than normal newborn mice do. Therefore, cannabinoids probably function to stimulate the appetite. True or False?

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Donte Dyer · Answer 1

The correct answer is option - true.

Explanation:

As it is mentioned in the question that the cannabinoids (Cs) are injected with a chemical that acts as the blocking agent of Cs from the move to their receptors present in the brain.

Therefore, Cs probably function to stimulate the appetite. as mice show far less interest in feeding than normal newborns. Then our conclusion is that it stimulates the appetite and does not inhibit the feeding.

Thus, the correct answer is option - true.