Neurobiological Bases of Abnormal Aggression and Violent Behaviour

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Haller, József (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Animal models in research.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Animal Models.

Mechanisms controlling aggressive behavior started to be identified from late 20's of the 20th century, and subsequent research described such mechanisms in great detail. While the findings are of great relevance for the understanding of aggression per se, they provide limited insights into the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Biological roots of aggression Animal aggression
• Heritability and genetic bases
• The aggressive brain
• The hormonal milieu
• Aggression across the lifespan - development and functions
• Aggression as a factor of temperament
• Human aggression Biological background and social functions
• Deviations from the norm
• Criminal aggression
• Aggression-related psychiatric disorders
• Treatments - from psychosurgery to medications.- Neural mechanisms of abnormal aggression Psychiatric disorders and laboratory models - theoretical considerations
• Neural background of abnormal aggression in laboratory models
• Genetic models
• Neurodevelopmental models
• Hormonal models
• Neural backgrounds - common and distinctive features
• Abnormal aggression in people
• Gene polymorphisms
• Brain imaging
• Hormones
• Biology and psychopathology - an integrative view on aggression.