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      This volume contains commissioned reviews of research on biological influences on violent or aggressive behavior. The areas reviewed include genetic contributions to the probability of violent and related behaviors; brain structure and functioning as implicated in aggressive behavior; the roles of hormonal and neurological interactions in violent behavior; the neurochemistry of violence and aggression and its implications for the management of those behaviors; and dietary influences on violent behavior.Table of ContentsFront MatterGENETIC MECHANISMSSTUDIES OF HUMANSSTUDIES OF ANIMALSSteroidsDopamineNorepinephrineSerotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine)Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - Benzodiazepine ReceptorsNEUROANATOMIC APPROACHNEUROPSYCHOLOGIC APPROACHPSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC APPROACHNEUROIMAGING APPROACHHYPOGLYCEMIA, DIET, AND VIOLENT BEHAVIORREFERENCESANIMAL STUDIESINTRODUCTIONCHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIESGENETICS AND PERSONALITY TRAITSJuvenile Antisocial BehaviorNORWEGIAN TWIN STUDYDanish Twin StudyDanish Adoption StudiesSwedish Adoption StudyIowa Adoption Studies: CadoretVIOLENCE AND HUMAN GENETICSSummary and Critical Overview of the ResultsPROSPECTS FOR FUTURE HUMAN GENETIC RESEARCHSOCIOBIOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, AND VIOLENCEGENETICS, RACE, AND VIOLENCEREFERENCESThe Neurobiology of Violence and AggressionFELINE MODELS OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ELICITED BY BRAIN STIMULATIONORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CATAfferent ConnectionsEfferent ConnectionsAfferent ConnectionsLIMBIC-MIDBRAIN MODULATION OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CATNEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF AGGRESSION: THE OPIOID PEPTIDE SYSTEMSUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS BASED ON DATA FROM STUDY OF FELINE MODELSOF AGGRESSIONAdaptive Versus Maladaptive Violence and Aggression: Animal andHuman ModelsMeasuring the Dependent VariableVIOLENCE IN PERSONS WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERSSchizophreniaEpilepsyAggression as an Epileptic EquivalentViolent Offenders - Nonsex CrimesElectroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and PharmacotherapyPsychosurgical Treatment of Violent OffendersTreatment of Violence - A CommentarySOCIAL CLASS, AGE, AND GENDER RELATED TO VIOLENCEPSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC STUDIES RELATED TO VIOLENCENeurodevelopmental IssuesPossible Etiological VariablesSome Areas Not Addressed - Some Roads Not TraveledREFERENCESTERMINOLOGIES OF AGGRESSIONPotential for Harm or DamageAversivenessUtilities of AggressionDifferent Tests for Animal AggressionHETEROGENEOUS NATURE OF HUMAN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCEHORMONES AND AGGRESSIONNEUROENDOCRINOLOGYDEFINING "HORMONE"STUDIES INVOLVING HORMONES AND "AGGRESSION"STUDIES ON NONPRIMATESINFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIESHUMAN DATAINFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIESHUMAN DATAINFLUENCES OF SEX HORMONES ON ADULT AGGRESSIVE MOTIVATIONSTUDIES ON NONPRIMATESINFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIESHUMAN DATABODILY RHYTHMS AND VIOLENT BEHAVIORADRENOMEDULLARY FUNCTION AND HUMAN AGGRESSIONEFFECTS OF HORMONES ON PERCEPTIONEXPERIENCE-INDUCED CHANGES IN HORMONAL STATUS OF THE RECEIVERINFLUENCES OF FIGHTING ON ENDOCRINE FUNCTION IN MAMMALSCONCL
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: EAN: 9780309046497 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: National Academies Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1994-02-01 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Space Science / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action

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      Albert J. Reiss, Jr., Klaus A. Miczek, and Jeffrey A. Roth, Editors; Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behaviors, National Research Council
      This volume contains commissioned reviews of research on biological influences on violent or aggressive behavior. The areas reviewed include genetic contributions to the probability of violent and related behaviors; brain structure and functioning as implicated in aggressive behavior; the roles of hormonal and neurological interactions in violent behavior; the neurochemistry of violence and aggression and its implications for the management of those behaviors; and dietary influences on violent behavior.Table of ContentsFront MatterGENETIC MECHANISMSSTUDIES OF HUMANSSTUDIES OF ANIMALSSteroidsDopamineNorepinephrineSerotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine)Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - Benzodiazepine ReceptorsNEUROANATOMIC APPROACHNEUROPSYCHOLOGIC APPROACHPSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC APPROACHNEUROIMAGING APPROACHHYPOGLYCEMIA, DIET, AND VIOLENT BEHAVIORREFERENCESANIMAL STUDIESINTRODUCTIONCHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIESGENETICS AND PERSONALITY TRAITSJuvenile Antisocial BehaviorNORWEGIAN TWIN STUDYDanish Twin StudyDanish Adoption StudiesSwedish Adoption StudyIowa Adoption Studies: CadoretVIOLENCE AND HUMAN GENETICSSummary and Critical Overview of the ResultsPROSPECTS FOR FUTURE HUMAN GENETIC RESEARCHSOCIOBIOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, AND VIOLENCEGENETICS, RACE, AND VIOLENCEREFERENCESThe Neurobiology of Violence and AggressionFELINE MODELS OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ELICITED BY BRAIN STIMULATIONORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CATAfferent ConnectionsEfferent ConnectionsAfferent ConnectionsLIMBIC-MIDBRAIN MODULATION OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CATNEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF AGGRESSION: THE OPIOID PEPTIDE SYSTEMSUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS BASED ON DATA FROM STUDY OF FELINE MODELSOF AGGRESSIONAdaptive Versus Maladaptive Violence and Aggression: Animal andHuman ModelsMeasuring the Dependent VariableVIOLENCE IN PERSONS WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERSSchizophreniaEpilepsyAggression as an Epileptic EquivalentViolent Offenders - Nonsex CrimesElectroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and PharmacotherapyPsychosurgical Treatment of Violent OffendersTreatment of Violence - A CommentarySOCIAL CLASS, AGE, AND GENDER RELATED TO VIOLENCEPSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC STUDIES RELATED TO VIOLENCENeurodevelopmental IssuesPossible Etiological VariablesSome Areas Not Addressed - Some Roads Not TraveledREFERENCESTERMINOLOGIES OF AGGRESSIONPotential for Harm or DamageAversivenessUtilities of AggressionDifferent Tests for Animal AggressionHETEROGENEOUS NATURE OF HUMAN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCEHORMONES AND AGGRESSIONNEUROENDOCRINOLOGYDEFINING "HORMONE"STUDIES INVOLVING HORMONES AND "AGGRESSION"STUDIES ON NONPRIMATESINFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIESHUMAN DATAINFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIESHUMAN DATAINFLUENCES OF SEX HORMONES ON ADULT AGGRESSIVE MOTIVATIONSTUDIES ON NONPRIMATESINFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIESHUMAN DATABODILY RHYTHMS AND VIOLENT BEHAVIORADRENOMEDULLARY FUNCTION AND HUMAN AGGRESSIONEFFECTS OF HORMONES ON PERCEPTIONEXPERIENCE-INDUCED CHANGES IN HORMONAL STATUS OF THE RECEIVERINFLUENCES OF FIGHTING ON ENDOCRINE FUNCTION IN MAMMALSCONCL
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: EAN: 9780309046497 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: National Academies Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1994-02-01 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Space Science / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action

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      Albert J. Reiss, Jr., Klaus A. Miczek, and Jeffrey A. Roth, Editors; Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behaviors, National Research Council

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