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2007-02-02 00:47:39 · 4 answers · asked by jeyan 2 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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Pheromones.

2007-02-02 06:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by Candi Apples 7 · 0 0

There are a lot of chemicals racing around your brain and body when you're in love. Researchers are gradually learning more and more about the roles they play both when we are falling in love and when we're in long-term relationships. Of course, estrogen and testosterone play a role in the sex drive area (see How Sex Works). Without them, we might never venture into the "real love" arena.
That initial giddiness that comes when we're first falling in love includes a racing heart, flushed skin and sweaty palms. Researchers say this is due to the dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine we're releasing. Dopamine is thought to be the "pleasure chemical," producing a feeling of bliss. Norepinephrine is similar to adrenaline and produces the racing heart and excitement. According to Helen Fisher, anthropologist and well-known love researcher from Rutgers University, together these two chemicals produce elation, intense energy, sleeplessness, craving, loss of appetite and focused attention. She also says, "The human body releases the cocktail of love rapture only when certain conditions are met and ... men more readily produce it than women, because of their more visual nature."

2007-02-02 08:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by monalisa three 5 · 0 0

Its complicated, but to make it really simple, it's mostly hormones and "pleasure" chemicals like dopamine... those are released into the brain anytime something pleasureable happens.

2007-02-02 08:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by Canadian Scientist 3 · 0 0

passion, sensuality and complicity put together...

2007-02-02 08:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by Leda L 4 · 0 1

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