Neurobiology of escalated aggression and violence

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 11803-11806

  Miczek, Klaus A ^a,b   De Almeida, Rosa M M ^c   Kravitz, Edward A ^d   Rissman, Emilie F ^e   De Boer, Sietse F ^f   Raine, Adrian ^g  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Genetics; Learning; Prefrontal cortex; Serotonergic 1A receptor; Serotonin; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AUTORECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BIOETHICS; BRAIN STEM; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIGHTING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INVERTEBRATE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIOLENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 35948972878     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3500-07.2007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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