This article was originally published with the title "Your Brain in Love" in Scientific American 304, 2, (February 2011)
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0211-92
NEUROSCIENCE
Your Brain in Love
Cupid's arrows, laced with neurotransmitters, find their marks
By Mark Fischetti on February 1, 2011
Your Brain in Love
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Men and women can now thank a dozen brain regions for their romantic fervor. Researchers have revealed the fonts of desire by comparing functional MRI studies of people who indicated they were experiencing passionate love, maternal love or unconditional love. Together, the regions release neurotransmitters and other chemicals in the brain and blood that prompt greater euphoric sensations such as attraction and pleasure. Conversely, psychiatrists might someday help individuals who become dangerously depressed after a heartbreak by adjusting those chemicals.
Passion also heightens several cognitive functions, as the brain regions and chemicals surge. “It’s all about how that network interacts,” says Stephanie Ortigue, an assistant professor of psychology at Syracuse University, who led the study. The cognitive functions, in turn, “are triggers that fully activate the love network.” Tell that to your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-brain-in-love-graphsci/
El cerebro enamorado:
⬆️Cortisol-> ⬆️alerta y ⬇️sensibilidad al dolor
⬆️Dopamina-> ⬆️placer y motivación, ⬇️tristeza
⬆️Oxitocina-> ⬆️confianza y apego, ⬇️miedo
⬆️Vasopresina-> ⬆️ sexualidad y atracción, ⬇️ansiedad
⬇️Serotonina-> ⬆️obsesión y agresividad
#DiaDeLosEnamorados
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