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Neurobiological bases of aggression, violence, and cruelty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Mara Ins de Aguirre
Mara Ins de Aguirre*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Instituto de Investigaciones Mdicas Alfredo Lanari, Combatientes de Malvinas 3150, Buenos Aires, 1427, Argentina
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mideaguirre@ciudad.com.ar
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Abstract:

Aggression, violence, and cruelty are symptoms of psychiatric illness. They reflect abnormalities in the regulation of the stress and emotion circuitries. The functioning of these circuitries depends upon the interaction between genetics and environment. Abuse and neglect during infancy, as well as maternal stress and poor quality of maternal care, are some of the causes that produce these types of abnormal behavior. Research on the neurobiological bases of emotion regulation will allow the detection of the population at risk.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 228 - 229
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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