Neural Explanations to Aggression

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Serotonin
Thought to reduce aggression by inhibiting the amygdala and therefore the responses to emotional stimuli that might otherwise lead to an aggressive response.
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MANN ET AL
Gave 35 healthy subjects dexfenfluramine which is known to deplete serotonin. Using a questionnaire to assess hostility and aggression levels, they found that dexfenfluramine treatment in males (but not females) was associated with an increase in
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BOND
Established in clinical trials that this is what happens antidepressant drugs elevate serotonin and therefore drugs do reduce irritability and impulsive aggression.
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RALEIGH ET AL
Using Vervet monkeys found that those on high tryptophan diets (which increases serotonin levels in the brain) exhibited decreased levels of aggression and vice versa
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POPOVA ET AL
Shown that in animals bred for domestication and docile temperaments show over time increased levels of serotonin
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ARORA AND MELTZER
Research has found that victims of violent suicide had increased numbers of serotonin receptors in the prefrontal cortex
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BADAWY
Found a link between alcohol consumption and aggressive behaviour, however this is only a correlational relationship and other factors, such as alcohol consumption because of depression (depression is also linked to low serotonin levels) confuse th
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Dopamine
The link between dopamine and aggression is not as well established but it is thought that increases in dopamine will produce an increase in aggressive behaviour.
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LAVINE
Increases in dopamine activity via the use of amphetamines have also been associated with aggressive behaviour.
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BUITELAAR
Antipsychotics, which reduce dopamine activity in the brain, have been shown to reduce aggressive behaviour in violent delinquents.
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COUPPIS AND KENNEDY
Found in mice that, a reward pathway in the brain becomes engaged in response to an aggressive event that the dopamine is as involved as a positive reinforcer in this pathway. Individuals will seek out an aggressive encounter to receive a rewardin
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