Stressing violence.

• Autores: Aimee Cunningham
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 291, Nº. 6, 2004, págs. 36-36
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article reports on the link between stress hormones and violence. Tempted to knock that smirk off the cashier's face after waiting in line for 20 minutes, knowing the parking meter is about to expire? No wonder: a mutually reinforcing relationship seems to exist between stress hormones and the brain pathway that controls violence. Dutch and Hungarian researchers found that electrically stimulating this pathway in rats activates the adrenocortical ("fight or flight") stress response.