Neurobiology of aggression : understanding and preventing violence / edited by Mark P. Mattson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface ...................................................................................................................v
Contributors ....................................................................................................... ix
1 Cortical and Limbic Neural Circuits Mediating Aggressive Behavior
Thomas R. Gregg ................................................................................................. 1
2 Emotion Regulation: An Affective Neuroscience Approach
R. James R. Blair and Dennis S. Charney ................................................... 21
3 The Serotonergic Dimension of Aggression and Violence
Klaus Peter Lesch ............................................................................................ 33
4 The Neurochemical Genetics of Serotonin in Aggression,
Impulsivity, and Suicide
Mark D. Underwood and J. John Mann ....................................................... 65
5 Behavioral and Neuropharmacological Differentiation
of Offensive and Defensive Aggression in Experimental
and Seminaturalistic Models
Philip M. Wall, D. Caroline Blanchard, and Robert J. Blanchard .......... 73
6 Neuroendocrine Stress Responses and Aggression
Jozsef Haller and Menno R. Kruk .................................................................. 93
7 Y Chromosome and Antisocial Behavior
Pierre L. Roubertoux and Michèle Carlier ............................................... 119
8 Aggression in Psychiatric Disorders
Shari R. Kohn and Gregory M. Asnis ......................................................... 135
9 Aggression in Brain Injury, Aging, and Neurodegenerative
Disorders
Mark P. Mattson ........................................................................................... 151
10 Environmental Factors and Aggression in Nonhuman Primates
Michael Lawrence Wilson ............................................................................ 167
11 Aggression, Biology, and Context: Dejá-Vù All Over Again?
Rebecca M. Young and Evan Balaban ....................................................... 191
12 The Family Environment in Early Life and Aggressive Behavior
in Adolescents and Young Adults
Sven Barnow and Harald-J. Freyberger .................................................... 213
Contents
vii
13 Television and Movies, Rock Music and Music Videos,
and Computer and Video Games: Understanding and
Preventing Learned Violence in the Information Age
Susan Villani and Nandita Joshi ................................................................. 231
14 Social Drinking and Aggression
Kathryn Graham ............................................................................................. 253
15 Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Childhood Aggressions
Cynthia Hudley ............................................................................................... 275
16 Pharmacological Intervention in Aggression
Debra V. McQuade, R. Joffree Barrnett, and Bryan H. King .................. 289
Index ............................................................................................................... 315