Hormonal background of physiological aggressiveness in psychologically healthy women

• Published in: International journal of psychophysiology Vol. 75; no. 3; pp. 291 - 294
• Main Authors: Brambilla, Francesca, Speca, Azzurra, Pacchiarotti, Isabella, Biondi, Massimo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.03.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aggression - physiology; Aggressiveness; Analysis of Variance; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Estradiol - blood; Estrogen; Female; Free testosterone; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gonadal Hormones - blood; Healthy women; Humans; Menstrual Cycle - blood; Progesterone; Progesterone - blood; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Testosterone - metabolism; Women's Health; Progesterone; Healthy women; Free testosterone; Estrogen; Aggressiveness; Testosterone; Androgen; Healthy subject; Testicular hormone; Sex steroid hormone; Ovarian hormone; Progestagen

The aim of this study was to see whether or not physiological hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle modulate normal aggressiveness in psychophysically healthy women. In 15 probands estrogens (E), progesterone (PROG) and free testosterone (FT) plasma levels were measured by immunochemilumi...