Biology of aggression
By: edited by Randy J. Nelson.
Contributors: Nelson, Randy Joe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
Subjects: Aggressiveness -- Physiological aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Aggression; Nervous System Physiology; Brain Chemistry; Agressie; Fysiologische aspecten
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: Unchecked aggression and violence take a significant toll on society. With recent advances in pharmacology and genetic manipulation techniques, new interest has developed in the biological mechanisms of aggression. The primary goal of this title is to summarise and synthesis recent advances in the subject.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Genetic aspects of aggression in nonhuman animals / Stephen C. Maxson & Andrew Canastar; title: Human quantitative genetics of aggression / Daniel M. Blonigen & Robert F. Krueger; title: Crustacean models of aggression / Donald H. Edwards & Jens Herberholz; title: Brain serotonin and aggressive disposition in humans and nonhuman primates / Stephen B. Manuck, Jay R. Kaplan, & Francis E. Lotrich; title: Monoamines, GABA, glutamate, and aggression / Klaus A. Miczek & Eric W. Fish; title: Nitric oxide and aggression / Silvana Chiavegatto, Gregory E. Demas & Randy J. Nelson; title: Neuroplasticity and aggression : an interaction between vasopressin and serotonin / Craig F. Ferris; title: Contexts and ethology of vertebrate aggression : implications for the evolution of hormone-behavior interactions / John C. Wingfield ... [et al.]; title: Androgens and aggression / Neal G. Simon & Shi-Fang Lu; title: The role of estrogen receptors in the regulation of aggressive behaviors / Sonoko Ogawa ... [et al.]; title: Maternal aggression / Stephen C. Gammie & Joseph S. Lonstein; title: Stress and aggressive behaviors / D. Caroline Blanchard & Robert J. Blanchard; title: Conditioned defeat / Kim L. Huhman & Aaron M. Jasnow; title: Development of aggression / Yvon Delville ... [et al.]; title: Neurobiology of aggression in children / R. James R. Blair ... [et al.]; title: Drugs of abuse and aggression / Jill M. Grimes ... [et al.]; title: Psychopharmacology of human aggression : laboratory and clinical studies / Don R. Cherek, Oleg V. Tcheremissine, & Scott D. Lane; title: The psychophysiology of human antisocial behavior / Angela Scarpa & Adrian Raine.