PSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sympathetic Nervous System, Maternal Sensitivity, Thymus
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Quiz questions, the emotional components that comprise fear are integrated by neurons within the amygdala. Fear- neural regulation of the fear response: fear conditioning, stress, effects of early life stress on development of the hpa axis, anger (aggression, neural regulation of aggression. Impulse control, courage, and moral decision making: the role of serotonin in aggressive behavior, hormonal control of aggressive behavior. Feelings of emotions: emotion- positive or negative reactions to particular situations, positive = caring for offspring, sexual behavior, food and water ingestion, negative = fear, anger. Lateral hypothalamus- sympathetic activation, increased blood pressure and heart rate, paleness (autonomic components: periaqueductal gray matter- behavioral arrest (freezing) (behavioral components, paraventricular nucleus- acth, glucocorticoid secretion (hormone components) Fear responses can be innate: predators, social stress. Impairments in learning and memory: acceleration of aging related cognitive decline, enhanced susceptibility of hippocampal neurons to atrophy in response to metabolic changes.