THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF IMPULSIVE AGGRESSION

Authors
KAVOUSSI R ARMSTEAD P COCCARO E
Citation
R. Kavoussi et al., THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF IMPULSIVE AGGRESSION, The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 20(2), 1997, pp. 395
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
The Psychiatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
0193953X
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-953X(1997)20:2<395:TNOIA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
While much is known about the environmental and interpersonal factors which lead to impulsive aggression, it is now possible to examine biol ogical vulnerabilities to such behavior. Studies of biology of impulsi ve aggression in animals and humans have implicated abnormalities in v arious systems, for example, serotonin, norepinephrine, sex steroids, and vasopressin. This article reviews the role of abnormal neurobiolog y in the vulnerability to impulsive aggression and suggests areas for further investigation.