PSYC 318 Lecture Notes - 5-Ht3 Receptor, Noxious Stimulus, Monoamine Oxidase

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 318
• Professor: Wayne Sossin

Document Summary

Week 7, class 1: aggressive behavior: aggression: from latin, ad-gradior i move forward (i. e. approach, specific type of approach: approach with intent to harm. Behavior that inflicts harm and injury or threatens to do so"" (berkowitz, 1993) Any form of behavior directed toward the goal of harming or injuring another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment"" (baron and richardson, 1994) Neural control of aggressive behavior: the hypothalamus: electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus elicits aggressive behavior in cats, two forms of aggressive behavior in cats: defensive rage (growling, meowing, yowling, hissing,: obtained when stimulating one particular area. predatory attack (upon stimulation, the cat will bite an anesthetised rat: obtained when stimulating another area, sometimes called quiet biting . Predation: planned, goal-directed emotionless aggression, cat walks calmly towards rat before attacking. Neural control of aggressive behavior role of dopamine and serotonin.