Hormones and Aggressive Behavior

593 Pages·1983·1.42 MB·English

by  Paul F. Brain (auth.)

Hormones and
Aggressive Behavior
Hormones and
Aggressive Behavior
Edited by
Bruce B. Svare
State University oj New York at Albany
Albany, New York
PLENUM PRESS. NEW YORK AND LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Hormones and aggressive behavior.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Aggressiveness (Psychology)-Physiological aspects. 2. Hormones. 3. Psychology,
Comparative. 1. Svare, Bruce B., 1949- . [DNLM: 1. Aggression-Physiology. 2.
Hormones-Physiology. WK 102 H8118]
BF575.A3H66 1983 156'5 83-4020
ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-3523-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-3521-4
DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3521-4
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Contributors
DAVID B. ADAMS, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Connecticut
WILLIAM J. BELL, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kansas
DAVID BENTON, Department of Psychology, University College of Swansea,
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
IRWIN S. BERNSTEIN, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia, and Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia
MARIE-FRANCE BOUISSOU, Station de Physiologie de la Reproduction, I.N.R.A.,
Nouzilly, France
PAUL F. BRAIN, Department of Zoology, University College of Swansea, Swansea,
Wales, United Kingdom
MICHAEL D. BREED, Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic
Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
ROBERT L. CONNER, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio
ANTHONY P. CONSTANTINO, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, Ohio
DAVID CREWS, Department of Zoology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
JOSEPH F. DEBoLD, Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, Mas
sachusetts
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vi CONTRIBUTORS
OWEN R. FLOODY, Department of Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania
RONALD GANDELMAN, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey
THOMAS P. GORDON, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory Uni
versity, Atlanta, Georgia
NEIL GREENBERG, Department of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee
CHERYL F. HARDING, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, New York,
New York and Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural
History, New York, New York
DAVID W. INGERSOLL, Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Rose
Hill Campus, Bronx, New York
CHING-TSE LEE, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the City Uni
versity of New York, Brooklyn, New York
ALAN I. LESHNER, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
WILLIAM G. LUTTGE, Department of Neuroscience and Center for Neurobio
logical Sciences, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Flor
ida
MARTHA A. MANN, Department of Psychology, State University of New York
at Albany, Albany, New York
STEPHEN C. MAXSON, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Con
necticut, Storrs, Connecticut
ALLAN MAZUR, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York
KLAUS A. MICZEK, Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, Mas
sachusetts
ROBERT M. ROSE, University of Texas Medical School Branch at Galveston,
Galveston, Texas
GEORGE C. SCHEUCH, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State Univer
sity, Bowling Green, Ohio
CONTRIBUTORS vn
PAUL SHRENKER, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Con
necticut, Storrs, Connecticut
BRUCE B. SVARE, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at
Albany, Albany, New York
LYNNE C. VIGUE, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Con
necticut, Storrs, Connecticut
TRUDY A. VILLARS, Department of Psychology, Wheaton College, Norton, Mas
sachusetts
FREDERICK S. VOM SAAL, Division of Biological Sciences and Department of
Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
PAULINE YAHR, Department of Psychobiology, School of Biological Sciences,
University of California, Irvine, California
Preface
This volume is an overview of research examining the relationship between
hormones and aggressive behavior. The last 15 years have witnessed a tremen
dous growth of knowledge in this area, yet reviews written by specialists are
virtually nonexistent. This work is an attempt to provide a comprehensive and
cohesive synthesis of this literature. Chapters 1-7 provide an analysis of hor
monal influences on the major forms of aggressive behavior, including intermale,
interfemale, shock-induced, maternal, territorial, and predatory aggression. The
focus of Chapters 8-12 is an examination of the mechanisms through which
hormones might act to produce changes in agonistic responding. Genetic, de
velopmental, neural, and biochemical influences are considered. It is well known
that environment, social context, and experience modulate the effects of hor
mones on behavior. Thus, Chapters 13-15 are designed to review the literature
concerning hormone-pheromone interactions, hormonal responses to compe
tition, and the influence of social context on the endocrine system and aggressive
behavior. Frequently, the principles advanced by behavioral endocrinologists are
based on research in one species, the rodent. To provide a more comparative
perspective and to examine specifically the generality of those principles gen
erated for rodents, Chapters 16-22 examine hormone-aggression relationships
in a variety of species, including fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, infrahuman
primates, humans, ungulates, and insects. This volume should be useful to both
beginning and advanced researchers in animal behavior, behavioral endocri
nology, physiological psychology, neuroendocrinology, zoology, physiology, and
psychiatry.
I am grateful to the contributors of the volume and the staff of Plenum
Press for their advice and encouragement during the preparation of this work.
I am also indebted to the National Science Foundation (Grant BNS80-08546),
the National Institute of Aging (Grant AG01319), the Research Foundation of
the State University of New York, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
for their support during the preparation of this volume. Special thanks are
extended to Martha Mann for her help in translating Chapter 19. Finally, my
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children, John and Mark, and my wife, Maryalice, provided me with encour
agement and patience during the preparation of this volume; I dedicate this
book to them.
BRUCE B. SvA RE
Albany, New York
Contents
I. HORMONAL DETERMINANTS OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR 1
1. Pituitary-Gonadal Influences on Social Aggression 3
Paul F. Brain
2. Pituitary-Adrenocortical Effects on Intermale Agonistic Behavior 27
Alan I. Leshner
3. Hormones and Aggression in Female Mammals 39
Owen R. Floody
4. Hormonal Influences on Maternal Aggression 91
Bruce B. Svare and Martha A. Mann
5. Hormones and Infanticide 105
Ronald Gandelman
6. Hormonal Influences on Shock-Induced Fighting 119
Robert L. Conner, Anthony P. Constantino, and George C. Scheuch
7. Hormonal Influences on Territorial Marking Behavior 145
Pauline Yahr
II. MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION AND
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR 177
8. Genetics, Hormones, and Aggression 179
Stephen C. Maxson, Paul Shrenker, and Lynne C. Vigue
9. Models of Early Hormonal Effects on Intrasex Aggression in Mice 197
Frederick S. yom Saal
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10. Hormone-Brain Interactions and Their Influence
on Agonistic Behavior 223
David B. Adams
11. Molecular Mechanisms of Steroid Hormone Actions in the Brain 247
William G. Luttge
12. Hormone-Drug Interactions and Their Influence
on Aggressive Behavior 313
Klaus A. Miczek and Joseph F. DeBold
III. THE ENVIRONMENT, HORMONES, AND
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR 349
13. Conditions of Housing, Hormones, and Aggressive Behavior 351
Paul F. Brain and David Benton
14. Pheromonal Influence on Aggressive Behavior 373
Ching-tse Lee and David W. Ingersoll
15. The Hormonal Responses to Competition and
Their Behavioral Significance 393
Alan I. Leshner
IV. HORMONES AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
IN SELECTED VERTEBRATES 405
16. Hormones and Aggressive Behavior in Teleost Fishes 407
Trudy A. Villars
17. Hormonal Influences on Avian Aggressive Behavior 435
Cheryl F. Harding
18. Physiological Ethology of Aggression in Amphibians and Reptiles 469
Neil Greenberg and David Crews
19. Hormonal Influences on Aggressive Behavior in Ungulates 507
Marie-France Bouissou
20. The Interaction of Hormones, Behavior, and Social Context
in Nonhuman Primates 535
Irwin S. Bernstein, Thomas P. Gordon, and Robert M. Rose