Neurobiology of aggression : understanding and preventing violence /
Excessive human aggression has become a major social problem worldwide, presumably because of its deep roots in the neuronal circuits and neurochemical pathways of the human brain. In Neurobiology of Aggression: Understanding and Preventing Violence, leading researchers and physicians review the cel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
[2003]
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| Series: | Contemporary neuroscience.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cortical and limbic neural circuits mediating aggressive behavior
- Emotion regulation : an affective neuroscience approach
- The serotonergic dimension of aggression and violence
- The neurochemical genetics of serotonin in aggression, impulsivity, and suicide
- Behavioral and neuropharmacological differentiation of offensive and defensive aggression in experimental and seminaturalistic models
- Neuroendocrine stress responses and aggression
- Y chromosome and antisocial behavior
- Aggression in psychiatric disorders
- Aggression in brain injury, aging, and neurodegenerative disorders
- Environmental factors and aggression in nonhuman primates
- Aggression, biology, and context : dejá-vù all over again?
- The family environment in early life and aggressive behavior in adolescents and young adults
- Television and movies, rock music and music videos, and computer and video games : understanding and preventing learned violence in the information age
- Social drinking and aggression
- Cognitive-behavioral intervention for childhood aggressions
- Pharmacological intervention in aggression.