Psychobiology of ictal aggression.

摘要: 1. Aggression in animals has been classified into a number of stereotyped behavioral responses on the basis psychosocial environment which it occurs. Many such can be either replicated or blocked by stimulation ablation selected sites brain, especially hypothalamus amygdala. Stimulation amygdala limited humans produced agitation, anger, rage. Ablation reduced aggression violent patients. However, ictal nature episodic these patients not proven. 2. The diagnosis and classification epileptic seizures is based their characteristic clinical manifestations electrical patterns. Independent objective markers events need to identified. Epileptic are characterized nondirected behavior, at onset. more organized, directed, modifiable behavior is, less likely epilepsy. 3. Ictal primary secondary aggression, resistive violence, postictal psychosis. Few alleged cases violence fulfill criteria for events; most do examples violence. 4. If animal models developed exhibit spontaneous paroxysmal stereotypical they may used improve our understanding pathophysiology aggression.