Aggression
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nonrelatives inherit colony resources in a primitive termite.

3 Oct 2009 The evolution of eusociality, especially how selection would favor sterility or subfertility of most individuals within a highly social colony, is an unresolved paradox. Eusociality evolved independently in diverse taxa, including insects (all ants ... Read more...

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...

Enhanced maternal aggression and associated changes in neuropeptide gene expression in multiparous rats.

29 Sep 2009 Although it has often been speculated that prior reproductive experience improves subsequent maternal care, few studies have examined specific changes in behavior during a 1st versus 2nd lactation. During lactation, mothers display heightened ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Aggression'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nonrelatives inherit colony resources in a primitive termite. 3 Oct 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
• Enhanced maternal aggression and associated changes in neuropeptide gene expression in multiparous rats. 29 Sep 2009
• Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• In search of endophenotypes for suicidal behavior. 29 Sep 2009
• Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder. 13 Sep 2009
• [Behaviour therapy and child welfare - results of an approach to improve mental health care of aggressive children] 30 Aug 2009
• [Computer games in childhood and adolescence: relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggression] 30 Aug 2009
• Hormonal anticipation of territorial challenges in cichlid fish. 30 Aug 2009
• Coaching the abrasive personality. 30 Aug 2009
• Validation of a new self-report measure of parental attributions. 30 Aug 2009
• Initial construction and validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory. 30 Aug 2009
• Is violence natural, unnatural, or rational? 30 Aug 2009
• Cross-cultural generalizability of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ). 30 Aug 2009
• Model of therapeutic and non-therapeutic responses to patient aggression. 30 Aug 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
• Workplace bullying and sleep disturbances: findings from a large scale cross-sectional survey in the French working population. 30 Aug 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