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 Contents
- Front Matter
- GENETIC MECHANISMS
- STUDIES OF HUMANS
- STUDIES OF ANIMALS
- Steroids
- Dopamine
- Norepinephrine
- Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine)
- Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - Benzodiazepine Receptors
- NEUROANATOMIC APPROACH
- NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC APPROACH
- PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC APPROACH
- NEUROIMAGING APPROACH
- HYPOGLYCEMIA, DIET, AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
- REFERENCES
- ANIMAL STUDIES
- INTRODUCTION
- CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES
- GENETICS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS
- Juvenile Antisocial Behavior
- NORWEGIAN TWIN STUDY
- Danish Twin Study
- Danish Adoption Studies
- Swedish Adoption Study
- Iowa Adoption Studies: Cadoret
- VIOLENCE AND HUMAN GENETICS
- Summary and Critical Overview of the Results
- PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE HUMAN GENETIC RESEARCH
- SOCIOBIOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, AND VIOLENCE
- GENETICS, RACE, AND VIOLENCE
- REFERENCES
- The Neurobiology of Violence and Aggression
- FELINE MODELS OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ELICITED BY BRAIN STIMULATION
- ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CAT
- Afferent Connections
- Efferent Connections
- Afferent Connections
- LIMBIC-MIDBRAIN MODULATION OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CAT
- NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF AGGRESSION: THE OPIOID PEPTIDE SYSTEM
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS BASED ON DATA FROM STUDY OF FELINE MODELS OF AGGRESSION
- Adaptive Versus Maladaptive Violence and Aggression: Animal and Human Models
- Measuring the Dependent Variable
- VIOLENCE IN PERSONS WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
- Schizophrenia
- Epilepsy
- Aggression as an Epileptic Equivalent
- Violent Offenders - Nonsex Crimes
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Pharmacotherapy
- Psychosurgical Treatment of Violent Offenders
- Treatment of Violence - A Commentary
- SOCIAL CLASS, AGE, AND GENDER RELATED TO VIOLENCE
- PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC STUDIES RELATED TO VIOLENCE
- Neurodevelopmental Issues
- Possible Etiological Variables
- Some Areas Not Addressed - Some Roads Not Traveled
- REFERENCES
- TERMINOLOGIES OF AGGRESSION
- Potential for Harm or Damage
- Aversiveness
- Utilities of Aggression
- Different Tests for Animal Aggression
- HETEROGENEOUS NATURE OF HUMAN AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE
- HORMONES AND AGGRESSION
- NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
- DEFINING "HORMONE"
- STUDIES INVOLVING HORMONES AND "AGGRESSION"
- STUDIES ON NONPRIMATES
- INFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES
- HUMAN DATA
- INFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES
- HUMAN DATA
- INFLUENCES OF SEX HORMONES ON ADULT AGGRESSIVE MOTIVATION
- STUDIES ON NONPRIMATES
- INFRAHUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES
- HUMAN DATA
- BODILY RHYTHMS AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
- ADRENOMEDULLARY FUNCTION AND HUMAN AGGRESSION
- EFFECTS OF HORMONES ON PERCEPTION
- EXPERIENCE-INDUCED CHANGES IN HORMONAL STATUS OF THE RECEIVER
- INFLUENCES OF FIGHTING ON ENDOCRINE FUNCTION IN MAMMALS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVE
- TYPES OF AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
- NEUROCHEMISTRY AND NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE
- Noradrenergic Correlates of Animal Aggression
- Dopaminergic Correlates of Animal Aggression
- Catecholaminergic Correlates Of Human Aggression And Violence
- Neuropharmacologic Manipulations of Catecholamines
- SEROTONIN
- 5-HT Correlates of Animal Aggression
- Neuropharmacologic Manipulations of 5-HT in Animals
- 5-HT Correlates of Human Aggression and Violence
- CONCLUDING STATEMENT
- Gaba Correlates of Animal Aggression
- Neuropharmacologic Modulation of GABA
- ACETYLCHOLINE
- ANTIPSYCHOTICS
- ANTIDEPRESSANTS
- Noradrenergic and Serotonergic Reuptake Blockers and MAO Inhibitors
- Lithium
- ANXIOLYTICS
- GABAA-BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR-CHLORIDE CHANNEL COMPLEX, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE
- Beta-Blockers
- Concluding Statement
- REFERENCES
- INTRODUCTION
- METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
- EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGIES
- SUGAR AND BEHAVIOR
- SUGAR, HYPOGLYCEMIA, AND BEHAVIOR
- SUGAR AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
- RESEARCH NEEDS FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SUGAR ON VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
- SUGAR AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY
- FOOD ADDITIVES AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD CHOLESTEROL AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
- REFERENCES
- Index
