Aggression

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.

Explores the latest topics in neural circuits and behavior research in zebrafish, drosophila, C.elegans, and mouse modelsIncludes methods for testing with ethical, legal, and social implicationsCritically analyzes future prospects

Introduction - Aggression

1. Functional and Phylogenetic Aspects of Aggression: The Consequences of Sexual Selection
2. Signaling Aggression - aggressive intent and fighting ability
3. The Self-Structuring Properties of Dominance Hierarchies: A New Perspective

Part II

4. Aggression in Songbirds: Hormones, Neural Circuits, and Genes
5. Sex, Drugs, and Violence: Neurobiology of Aggression in Monogamous Prairie Voles
6. The Neurochemistry of Human Aggression

Part III

7. Human Aggression across the Lifespan: Genetic Propensities and Environmental Moderators
8. Preinatal Risk Factors in the Development of Aggression and Violence
9. Neurocriminology