"Removal of the pituitary gland in rats induces a sever defect in the rate of acquisition of a pain-motivated active avoidance response (de Wied 1969)"
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"Administration of ACTH [synthesized in the pituitary] ... restores avoidance learning." ACHT is adrenocorticotropic hormone And it regulates levels of the steroid hormone cortisol
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Hypothesis put forward: ACTH-MSH exerts a general excitatory effect and augments fear responses.
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Conditioned fear, learning, and memory are both moderated by glutemate. I wonder if conditioned fear and learning are fundamentally different processes.
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If conditioned fear and learning are the same process, I feel like that would be cosmically fucked up.
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Seeking via neuroscience and psychology informed dharma.