Imaging the Passionate Stage of Romantic Love by Dopamine Dynamics

Imaging the Passionate Stage of Romantic Love by Dopamine Dynamics

Using [11C]raclopride, a dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonist, we undertook a positron emission tomography (PET) study to investigate the involvement of the dopaminergic neurotransmitter system when subjects viewed the pictures of partners to whom they were romantically attached. Ten subjects viewed...

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Main Authors: Kayo eTakahashi, Kei eMizuno, Akihiro T Sasaki, Yasuhiro eWada, Masaaki eTanaka, Akira eIshii, Kanakao eTajima, Kyosuke eWatanabe, Naohiro eTsuyuguchi, Semir eZeki, Yasuyoshi eWatanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Dopamine
Medial prefrontal cortex
orbitofrontal cortex
positron emission tomography (PET)
romantic love
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00191/full

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