Aggressive behavior is observed in many animal species, such as insects, fish, lizards,
frogs, and most mammals including humans. This wide range of conservation underscores …

The ethical dilemma in aggression research is how to reconcile two divergent objectives,
namely to avoid harm and injury as much as possible and, at the same time, how to study …

The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before,
from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many …

Considerable individual differences exist in trait-like patterns of behavioral and physiological
responses to salient environmental challenges. This individual variation in stress coping …

More than any other brain neurotransmitter system, the indolamine serotonin (5-HT) has
been linked to aggression in a wide and diverse range of species, including humans. The …

Abstract Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), present in almost
90% of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), cause extensive impairment leading to …

Psychopathological violence in criminals and intense aggression in fruit flies and rodents
are studied with novel behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic approaches that …

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) is known to control aggressive behavior in mice. Here, we
found that glutamatergic projections from the lateral habenula (LHb) to the DRN were …

Until recently, most modern neuroscience research on addiction using animal models did
not incorporate manipulations of social factors. Social factors play a critical role in human …

Addictive drugs can profoundly affect social behaviour both acutely and in the long‐term.
Effects range from the artificial sociability imbued by various intoxicating agents to the …