Neurobiological Bases of Abnormal Aggression and Violent Behaviour /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Vienna :
Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
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Table of Contents:
- Biological roots of aggression Animal aggression
- Heritability and genetic bases
- The aggressive brain
- The hormonal milieu
- Aggression across the lifespan - development and functions
- Aggression as a factor of temperament
- Human aggression Biological background and social functions
- Deviations from the norm
- Criminal aggression
- Aggression-related psychiatric disorders
- Treatments - from psychosurgery to medications.- Neural mechanisms of abnormal aggression Psychiatric disorders and laboratory models - theoretical considerations
- Neural background of abnormal aggression in laboratory models
- Genetic models
- Neurodevelopmental models
- Hormonal models
- Neural backgrounds - common and distinctive features
- Abnormal aggression in people
- Gene polymorphisms
- Brain imaging
- Hormones
- Biology and psychopathology - an integrative view on aggression.