Open AccessBiological Bases of the Aggressive Behaviour
Author(s) -
S. Giammanco,
G. Tabacchi,
D. Di Majo,
M. Giammanco,
M. La Guardia
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of biological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2284-0230
pISSN - 1826-8838
DOI - 10.4081/jbr.2003.10525
Subject(s) - amygdala , neuroscience , midbrain , hypothalamus , biology , aggression , stimulation , psychology , central nervous system , developmental psychology
The aggressive behaviour is common to all animal species, at least from fish onwards. It can be defined as the execution of actions, from threatening gestures to real attacks - addressed to animals belonging to either the same or a different species. The study of the physiological mechanisms laying behind this behaviour is supported by methods based on either ablation or stimulation of some determined brain structures.This is a really useful approach in order to establish which pathways and nerve centres are involved in the aggressive behaviour (mesencephalon, hypothalamus, amygdala, Papez circuit). [...]