Awardee OrganizationUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON
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Abstract Text
Aggressive behavior puts individuals at high risk for a variety of
antisocial behaviors in addition to substance abuse, and such aggressive
behavior is a major component of the diagnostic criteria for childhood conduct
disorder. Adolescents and adults with a history of childhood conduct disorder
typically continue to engage in antisocial behavior in adulthood, and are at
the highest risk for substance abuse and criminal activity. For the past twenty
years, the investigator's laboratory has been engaged in the study of human
aggressive responding under controlled conditions. They have developed a
laboratory procedure, the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP), which
is now used in several laboratories in and outside the U.S. Since aggressive
behavior is intimately involved in the risk for substance abuse, it is
important to investigate some of the basic biological mechanisms that may
regulate this behavior. Five GABA related drugs will be studied to determine
their effects on aggressive behavior in two different populations of subjects:
1) Subjects with a history childhood conduct disorder (CD) + current antisocial
personality disorder (ASPD), probably the highest risk population and; 2)
Matched controls. The drugs to be employed are: baclofen a GABA B agonist,
tiagabine a selective GABA reuptake inhibitor, lorazepam a GABA A agonist,
flumazenil a specific GABA A antagonist and gabapentin a GABA releasing agent.
The proposed research will provide information about the role of GABA in human
aggression. Understanding the different biological factors involved in human
aggression may lead to intervention/prevention strategies that will reduce the
risk for substance dependence among high-risk populations.
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