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... Before discussing the pharmacotherapeutic applications and associated risks of these types of drugs in the management of violent patients, it will be useful to summarize the evidence on GABA, aggression, and violence in animals and in humans See Table 41. GABA AND AGGRESSION GABA Correlates of Animal Aggression Several neurochemical studies found an inverse relationship between brain GABA levels, particularly in the olfactory bulb and striatum, and aggressive behavior in mice Stable 4, section A; EarIey and Leonard, 1977; SimIer et al., 1982~.
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