Neurobiology of Aggression

Understanding and Preventing Violence

AvMark P Mattson

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This interdisciplinary review of the cellular and molecular basis of aggression shows how the nerve cell circuitry and the neurochemistry that mediates aggressive behaviors are modified by various environmental and genetic factors. The authors focus on the links to cognition and the neurotransmitter pathways that either promote or suppress violent behavior. They also examine how family environment, early life experiences, exposure to violent video games and movies, religion, and substance abuse effect violent behaviors, including participation in gangs and terrorist organizations. Various behavioral and pharmacological approaches are presented for preventing and treating personal aggression.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-12-09
Mått:178 x 254 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary Neuroscience
Antal sidor:324
Förlag:Humana Press Inc.
ISBN:9781617374104

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Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

"...the volume successfully conveys the recent advances in aggression research and illustrates the value of multidisciplinary approaches to the study of complex behaviors...Highly recommended." -- CHOICE

Innehållsförteckning

1 Cortical and Limbic Neural Circuits Mediating Aggressive Behavior.- 2 Emotion Regulation: An Affective Neuroscience Approach.- 3 The Serotonergic Dimension of Aggression and Violence.- 4 The Neurochemical Genetics of Serotonin in Aggression, Impulsivity, and Suicide.- 5 Behavioral and Neuropharmacological Differentiation of Offensive and Defensive Aggression in Experimental and Seminaturalistic Models.- 6 Neuroendocrine Stress Responses and Aggression.- 7 Y Chromosome and Antisocial Behavior.- 8 Aggression in Psychiatric Disorders.- 9 Aggression in Brain Injury, Aging, and Neurodegenerative Disorders.- 10 Environmental Factors and Aggression in Nonhuman Primates.- 11 Aggression, Biology, and Context: Dejá-Vù All Over Again?.- 12 The Family Environment in Early Life and Aggressive Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults.- 13 Television and Movies, Rock Music and Music Videos, and Computer and Video Games: Understanding andPreventing Learned Violence in the Information Age.- 14 Social Drinking and Aggression.- 15 Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Childhood Aggressions.- 16 Pharmacological Intervention in Aggression.