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Title Neuroscience of aggression / Klaus A. Miczek, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, editors
Published Heidelberg : Springer, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 479 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 1866-3370 ; volume 17
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences ; v. 17. 1866-3370
Contents Neurogenetics of Aggressive Behavior -- Studies in Rodents -- Neurogenetics of Aggressive Behavior -- Studies in Primates -- Glucocorticoids and Escalated Aggressive Behavior.-Models of Female Aggression -- Prefrontal Cortex.-Nitric Oxide, Serotonin and Aggression -- Hypothalamus and Aggressive Behavior -- Vasopressin-Serotonin Interactions in Aggressive Behavior -- Dopamine-oxytocin: Attachment and Conflict -- Stress and violence.-Gene-environment interactions and violence.-MAO-A and genetic risk for violence -- The development of violent behavior in humans -- Schizophrenia and violence.-Psychopathy -- Violent and callous behavior in children -- Aggression in Children and Adolescents-Alcohol and Aggression
Summary This volume assembles the leading aggression researchers both at the preclinical and clinical level. They review the current state ofknowledge about neural mechanisms of aggressive behavior and point to the need for innovative methodologies to further our understanding of this greatly understudied set of behaviors
Analysis psychiatrie
psychiatry
biomedische wetenschappen
biomedicine
neurowetenschap
neuroscience
farmacologie
pharmacology
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 12, 2014)
Subject Aggressiveness.
Neurosciences.
Aggression -- psychology
Aggression
Neurosciences
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Aggressiveness
Neurosciences
Form Electronic book
Author Miczek, Klaus A., editor.
Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas, editor
ISBN 9783662442814
3662442817
3662442809
9783662442807