Citation

Haller J. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 2017; 76: 77-86.

Affiliation

Institute of Experimental Medicine, Behavioral Neurobiology Department, 1450, Budapest, P.O. Box 67, Hungary; National University of Public Service, Faculty of Law Enforcement, 12 Farkasvölgyi Str, 1121, Budapest, Hungary. Electronic address: haller@koki.hu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.02.022

PMID

28434590

Abstract

Here we review the principles based on which aggression is rendered abnormal in humans and laboratory rodents, and comparatively overview the main methodological approaches based on which this behavior is studied in the two categories of subjects. It appears that the discriminating property of abnormal aggression is rule breaking, which renders aggression dysfunctional from the point of view of the perpetrator. We show that rodent models of abnormal aggression were created by the translation of human conditions into rodent equivalents, and discuss how findings obtained with such models may be "translated back" to human conditions when the mechanisms underlying aggression and its possibilities of treatment are investigated. We suggest that the complementary nature of human and rodent research approaches invite a more intense cross-talk between the two sides of aggression research than the one presently observed.

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Language: en

Keywords

Aggression; Human; Methods; Model; Rodent; Violence