Aggression - Drug effects
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sex steroids are necessary in the second postnatal week for the expression of male alloparental behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochragaster).

29 Sep 2009 Sex steroids play a significant role in organizing male social behavior, which is associated with low levels of pro-social behavior and high levels of aggression. However, the role of steroids in organizing behavior in highly social males is ... Read more...

Gender-specific normative perceptions of alcohol-related protective behavioral strategies.

30 Aug 2009 The present research aimed (a) to determine whether students underestimate gender-specific descriptive normative perceptions for protective behavioral strategies; (b) to evaluate the relationships among perceived gender-specific descriptive and ... Read more...

Executive functioning, irritability, and alcohol-related aggression.

30 Aug 2009 The purpose of this investigation was to examine (a) whether irritability mediates the relation between executive functioning (EF) and alcohol-related aggression and (b) whether the alcohol-aggression relation is better explained by the interactive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Aggression - Drug effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sex steroids are necessary in the second postnatal week for the expression of male alloparental behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochragaster). 29 Sep 2009
• Gender-specific normative perceptions of alcohol-related protective behavioral strategies. 30 Aug 2009
• Executive functioning, irritability, and alcohol-related aggression. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of yokukansan, a traditional Japanese medicine, on social and aggressive behaviour of para-chloroamphetamine-injected rats. 30 Aug 2009
• Prazosin for the treatment of behavioral symptoms in patients with Alzheimer disease with agitation and aggression. 30 Aug 2009
• Behavioural profile of selective ligands for mGlu7 and mGlu8 glutamate receptors in agonistic encounters between mice. 30 Jul 2009
• Effects of yokukansan, a traditional Japanese medicine, on aggressiveness induced by intracerebroventricular injection of amyloid beta protein into mice. 30 Jul 2009
• Changes between 1982 and 2000 in the prevalence of behavioral symptoms and psychotropic drug treatment among old people with cognitive impairment in geriatric care. 7 Jul 2009
• Haloperidol plus promethazine for psychosis-induced aggression. 6 Jul 2009
• Plasma level of atropine after accidental ingestion of Atropa belladonna. 29 Jun 2009
• Chronic alcohol consumption from adolescence-to-adulthood in mice--effect on growth and social behavior. 25 Jun 2009
• [Aggressive and violent behavior in adolescents] 30 May 2009
• Men and women, alcohol and aggression. 30 May 2009
• Agitation and/or aggression after traumatic brain injury in the pediatric population treated with ziprasidone. Clinical article. 30 May 2009
• When chewing gum is more than just a bad habit. 28 May 2009
• The treatment of challenging behaviour in intellectual disabilities: cost-effectiveness analysis. 19 May 2009
• Extracts from salivary glands stimulate aggression and inositol-1, 4, 5-triphosphate (IP3) production in the vomeronasal organ of mice. 16 May 2009
• The involvement of substance P in the induction of aggressive behavior. 11 May 2009
• Vasopressin facilitates play fighting in juvenile golden hamsters. May 2009
• Central infusion of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist blocks the reduction in social behavior produced by prior stressor exposure. May 2009

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Technical information about 'Aggression'

Definition: A form of behavior which leads to self-assertion; it may arise from innate drives and/or a response to frustration; may be manifested by destructive and attacking behavior, by covert attitudes of hostility and obstructionism, or by healthy self-expressive drive to mastery. (Dorland 27th ed)

Descriptor UI: D000374

Alternative terms: Aggression; Aggressions;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.125; F01.145.813.045;

Technical Notes: human & animal; "agression" in French is translated "stress" & indexed under a STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL heading; "agressologie" = STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL