The glucocorticoid/aggression relationship in animals and humans: An analysis sensitive to behavioral characteristics, glucocorticoid secretion patterns, and neural mechanisms

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-109

  Haller, József ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animals; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DELINQUENCY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION (PROCESS);

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS;

EID: 84908029028     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_284     Document Type: Article

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