Biology of Aggression (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Nelson, Randy J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The primary goal of this book is to summarize and synthesize recent advances in the biological study of aggression. As most aggressive encounters among human and non-human animals represent a male proclivity, the research in this book describes and discusses studies using the most appropriate murine model: testosterone-dependent offensive inter-male aggression, which is typically measured in resident-intruder or isolation-induced aggression tests. The research also emphasizes various molecules that have been linked to aggression tests. The research also emphasizes various molecules that have been linked to aggression by the latest gene-targeting and pharmacological techniques. Although the evidence continues to point to androgens and serotonin (5-HT) as major hormonal and neurotransmitter factors in aggressive behavior, recent work with GABA, dopamine, vasopressin, and other factors, such as nitric oxide, has revealed significant interactions with the neural circuitry underlying aggression.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190290719
• Artikelnr.: 42727366

Autorenporträt

Edited by Randy J. Nelson, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ohio State University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

* Section 1: Genes
* Chapter 1: Genetic Aspects of Aggression in Nonhuman Animals
* Chapter 2: Human Quantitative Genetics of Aggression
* Chapter 3: Crustacean Models of Aggression
* Section 2: Neurotransmitters
* Chapter 4: Brain Serotonin and Aggressive Disposition in Humans and
Nonhuman Primates
* Chapter 5: Monoamines, GABA, Glutamate, and Aggression
* Chapter 6: Nitric Oxide and Aggression
* Chapter 7: Neuroplasticity and Agression: An Interaction Between
Vasopressin and Serotonin
* Section 3: Hormones
* Chapter 8: Contexts and Ethology of Vertebrate Aggression:
Implications for the Evolution of Hormone Behavior Interactions
* Chapter 9: Androgens and Aggression
* Chapter 10: The Role of Estrogen Receptors in the Regulation of
Aggressive Behaviors
* Chapter 11: Maternal Aggression
* Chapter 12: Stress and Aggressive Behaviors
* Stress 4: Development
* Chapter 13: Conditioned Defeat
* Chapter 14: Development of Aggression
* Chapter 15: Neurobiology of Aggression in Children
* Section 5: Pharmacology and Psychophysiology
* Chapter 16: Drugs of Abuse and Aggression
* Chapter 17: Psychopharmacology of Human Aggression: Laboratory and
Clinical Studies
* Chapter 18: Psychophysiology of Human Antisocial Behavior