The social neuroendocrinology of human aggression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 935-944

  Carré, Justin M ^a   McCormick, Cheryl M ^b   Hariri, Ahmad R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Challenge hypothesis; Competition; Testosterone dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INDIVIDUALITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POINT SUBTRACTION AGGRESSION PARADIGM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79957831515     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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