Understanding and Preventing Violence, Volume 2 Biobehavioral Influences (1994) / Chapter Skim
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HUMAN DATA Brain (1984b~ has critically reviewed the use of endocrine manipulations in controlling human aggression {accepting earlier statements that this epithet in humans is applied to a range of phenomena that are even more diverse than those seen in rodents)
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Some progestins are without apparent actions on testosterone uptake and binding in target tissues, whereas others {e.g., MPA~ have a minor inhibitory action in this respect iSuffrin and Coffey, 1973~. Although there are strong indications that neural androgen receptors are implicated in some forms of aggressive behavior, not all forms of "violence" depend on such actions, and the details have been less systematically investigated than in the case of sexual behavior (e.g., Massa et al., 19831.
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This compound has been used to treat "aggression" in temporal lobe epilepsy. For example, O'Connor and Baker {1983)
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r seemed important in sexually aggressive mates, and it was felt that sex hormones other than testosterone may prove of relevance to sexual aggression See also the data on lower vertebrates)
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The authors also emphasized that physical exercise alone could increase plasma testosterone levels. Gladue et al.
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{1985) measured salivary testosterone levels in young mates before, during, and after films containing erotic, sexual, stressful, aggressive, or neutral material.
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