Aggression: Volume 75
Published on 2. December 2011
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-12-380858-5 (ISBN)
Description
Genes interact with the environment, experience, and biology of the brain to shape an animal's behavior. This latest volume in Advances in Genetics, organized according to the most widely used model organisms, describes the latest genetic discoveries in relation to neural circuit development and activity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Geneticists, molecular biologists, neurobiologists
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-380858-5 (9780123808585)
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Content
Introduction - Aggression
Part I
Functional and Phylogenetic Aspects of Aggression: The Consequences of Sexual Selection
Signaling Aggression - aggressive intent and fighting ability
The Self-Structuring Properties of Dominance Hierarchies: A New Perspective
Part II
Aggression in Songbirds: Hormones, Neural Circuits, and Genes
Sex, Drugs, and Violence: Neurobiology of Aggression in Monogamous Prairie Voles
The Neurochemistry of Human Aggression
Part III
Human Aggression across the Lifespan: Genetic Propensities and Environmental Moderators
Preinatal Risk Factors in the Development of Aggression and Violence
Neurocriminology
Part I
Functional and Phylogenetic Aspects of Aggression: The Consequences of Sexual Selection
Signaling Aggression - aggressive intent and fighting ability
The Self-Structuring Properties of Dominance Hierarchies: A New Perspective
Part II
Aggression in Songbirds: Hormones, Neural Circuits, and Genes
Sex, Drugs, and Violence: Neurobiology of Aggression in Monogamous Prairie Voles
The Neurochemistry of Human Aggression
Part III
Human Aggression across the Lifespan: Genetic Propensities and Environmental Moderators
Preinatal Risk Factors in the Development of Aggression and Violence
Neurocriminology