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The Role of Substance P Receptors in Amygdaloid Modulation of Aggressive Behavior in the Cat

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Aggression

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Abstract

It is well established from studies conducted both in animals [1, 4–6, 11, 25, 53, 61] and humans [13, 17, 19, 21, 30, 34, 43, 57, 59] that the temporal lobe plays an important role in the regulation of aggression and violence. Particular attention has been given to the varied functions of amygdala in regulating aggressive processes. While experimental evidence indicates that, in general, activation of amygdaloid nuclei does not result in the direct elicitation of aggressive responses in animals [50], it is very clear from the literature that amygdaloid nuclei can powerfully modulate aggressive behavior induced by electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus or midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) [42, 52].

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Shaikh, M.B., Siegel, A. (1997). The Role of Substance P Receptors in Amygdaloid Modulation of Aggressive Behavior in the Cat. In: Feshbach, S., Zagrodzka, J. (eds) Aggression. The Plenum Series in Social/Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5883-5_3

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