Neurotransmitter-neuroendocrine responses to experimentally induced aggression in humans: Influence of personality variable

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-43

  Gerra, Gilberto ^a   Zaimovic, Amir ^a   Avanzini, Paola ^b   Chittolini, Beatrice ^a   Giucastro, Giuliano ^a   Caccavari, Rocco ^a   Palladino, Mariella ^a   Maestri, Dante ^b   Monica, Cesare ^b   Delsignore, Roberto ^b   Brambilla, Francesca ^c  

^a Az USL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Centre di Psiconeuroendocrinologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

aggressiveness; cortisol; epinephrine; free operant procedure; growth hormone; norepinephrine; prolactin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031568302     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(96)02965-4     Document Type: Article

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