Over the course of history it has been artists, poets and playwrights who have made the greatest progress in humanity's understanding of love.
But these days scientists are challenging that notion, and they have rather a lot to say about how and why people love each other.
In lust, it’s all about hormones, especially testosterone. But the attraction, love-struck “I can’t eat or sleep” phase, is controlled by chemicals. They are called monoamines.
Serotonin gives you the feeling that you are walking on a cloud. Dopamine gives you that feeling of pursuit and reward. By the way, chocolate can give you the same dopamine-rush. And norepinephrine, or adrenalin, is the cause of your “pounding-skipping a beat” heart and your racing pulse.
The long-term relationship isn’t without its own chemical connection either. Oxytocin is at play in both orgasms and childbirth.
Vasopressin is another important chemical in the long-term commitment stage. It is an important controller of the kidney and its role in long-term relationships was discovered when scientists looked at the prairie vole.
However, we have always known that love is a special sort of chemistry. Scientists are now beginning to show how true this is.
Fire_Star_88 posted on Aug 14, 2006
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yeahbutnobut said on Aug 14, 2006....
The thing I don't like about "chemistry of love" discussions is that there are no nudie pics andthe discussion does not make you feel frisky. So I find that I mistrust them. -
ALIENated said on Aug 14, 2006....
Very interesting. I should have listen more closely in chemistry class. -
yeahbutnobut said on Aug 14, 2006....
Alien, if they had covered this bit in Chemistry class, I think you would have listened. I know I would have. Thing is there were twin babes in my chemistry class and oddly enough they distracted me a lot from listening to the teacher, and now I find out that THAT was due to chemistry. don't that beat all? In fact I'm having a chemical reaction right now just remebering those two sisters. They were, as the eye-ties like to say, bellissimo, muah! -
Fire_Star_88 said on Aug 14, 2006....
I didn't catch this one in chemistry class neither. They teach you only the borring stuff there. :) YBNB, funny comment man. -
Root said on Aug 14, 2006....
oxycontin??? I think that's the brand name for a pain pill, not the nor-epinorhphine -like thing... but I'm forgetting the chemistry... ends with "tocin" I think, rather than "contin." -
Fire_Star_88 said on Aug 14, 2006....
Root, you are right. I corrected the mistake. Thanks for pointing it out. Sorry about that. -
yeahbutnobut said on Aug 14, 2006....
I like the ones with "cin" in the names better. I'm just a cinner from way back. -
Root said on Aug 14, 2006....
Glad to be of help. I'm like a friendly soulcast spellchecker. And thanks for reminding me what a "cloud" I was on when I fell in love with my man. It's good to summon that feeling up from the depths with some regularity. -
protagonist said on Aug 14, 2006....
I think there's some kind of endorphin released when you're in love and when things don't work out it drops off and you feel awful because its so addictive. I definitley see the chemical connection to why we do things in relationships, some things just aren't logical at all. They must be driven by a chemical reaction rather than logic.
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