Neurobiology of aggression and violence

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-442

  Siever, Larry J ^a,b,c,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Education   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROSTEROID; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; KINDLING; LABORATORY TEST; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MODULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY DELAY; VIOLENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 43349101313     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111774     Document Type: Review

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