Translational clinical neuroscience perspectives on the cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms underlying alcohol-related aggression

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 443-474

  Beck, Anne ^a   Heinz, Adrienne J ^a   Heinz, Andreas ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Cognitive; Executive functioning; Impulsivity; Neuroscience; Serotonin; Violence

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL LEARNING; STRESS; THREAT; ALCOHOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84908054009     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2013_258     Document Type: Article

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