Citation

Aleyasin H, Flanigan ME, Russo SJ. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 2018; 49: 184-191.

Affiliation

Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, United States. Electronic address: scott.russo@mssm.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.conb.2018.02.013

PMID

29524848

Abstract

Aggression is an innate behavior that helps individuals succeed in environments with limited resources. Over the past few decades, neurobiologists have identified neural circuits that promote and modulate aggression; however, far less is known regarding the motivational processes that drive aggression. Recent research suggests that aggression can activate reward centers in the brain to promote positive valence. Here, we review major recent findings regarding neural circuits that regulate aggression, with an emphasis on those regions involved in the rewarding or reinforcing properties of aggressive behavior.

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Language: en