Scotophobin (from Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos) 'darkness' and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is a peptide discovered by neuroscientist Georges Ungar in 1965: 1 ...

nocturnal animals, were conditioned to fear the dark and a substance called "scotophobin" was supposedly extracted from the rats' brains; this substance was claimed...

original findings in that some memories may be stored outside the brain. Scotophobin Tan, Loh Teng-Hern; Ser, Hooi-Leng; Ong, Yong Sze; Khaw, Kooi Yeong;...