The Neurotransmitter revolution : serotonin, social behavior, and the law /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Masters, Roger D., McGuire, Michael T., 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1994]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: findings concerning the neurotransmitter serotonin illustrate new and important problems that cut across disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences and law
  • Why study serotonin, social behavior and the law? / Roger D. Masters
  • Biology and the law / Michael T. McGuire
  • Serotonin and the law / Roger D. Masters
  • Sorotonin and behavior: increasing understanding of the role of neurotransmitters play in human social behavior is illustrated by the varied functions of serotonin
  • Basics of serotonin neurochemistry / Arthur Yuwiler, Gary L. Brammer and K.C. Yuwiler
  • Serotonin and suicide / Dan J. Stein and Michael Stanley
  • Serotonin and violent behavior / Markku Linnoila ... [et al.]
  • Carbohydrates and depression: serotonin and seasonal affective disorder / Richard J. Wurtman and Judith J. Wurtman
  • Factors influencing serotonin function: complexity of interactions among individual experience and development, genetics and the role of serotonin are examined.
  • (cont) Ontogeny, social experience and serotonergic functioning / Benson E. Ginsburg
  • Serotonin, aggression and violence in Vervet monkeys / Michael J. Raleigh and Michael T. McGuire
  • Serotonin and social rank among human males / Douglas Madsen
  • Challenge to legal concepts: does the discovery of biological factors controlling human social behavior and sometimes contributing to criminal acts require a change in the traditional concepts on which our law rests
  • Brain, the law and the medicalization of crime / C. Ray Jeffery
  • Law, culpability and the neural sciences / Michael H. Shapiro
  • Implications for law and policy: given the complexity of our legal system, how might knowledge of the biochemistry of human social behavior best be integrated into contemporary law and public policy
  • Lesson of the owl and the crows / William H. Rodgers, Jr.
  • Low serotonin function and the therapeutic power of the criminal law / David B. Wexler
  • Science spending and serotonin / Steven Goldberg
  • Conclusions for public policy: early intervention, special education and the law / Roger D. Masters.