title: Neurotransmitter-neuroendocrine responses to experimentally induced aggression in humans: influence of personality variable.
abstract: Aggressiveness was experimentally induced in 30 psychophysically healthy male subjects, 18-19 years old, divided into 15 cases with low normal and 15 with high normal basal aggressivity. Plasma norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (EPI), growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL), cortisol (CORT) and testosterone (Te) concentrations were measured in basal conditions and during experimentally induced aggressiveness. Basal Te and stimulated NE, GH and Cort levels were higher in subjects with high-normal than in those with low-normal aggressiveness, suggesting that the functional tonus of the NE system and of the NE-dependent hormonal axes might be a modulator of the behavioral parameter.
authors.affiliation: Centro Studi Farmacotossicodipendenze, Ser. L, Az, U.S.L., Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaimovic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avanzini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chittolini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giucastro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caccavari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palladino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monica
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delsignore
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brambilla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000097:blood*; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents