Love at First Sight (Sensation)
Some neurons in this lobe of the brain are responsive to seeing one's significant other.
What is the occipital lobe?
This region of the brain, dedicated to motor coordination and balance, can be impacted by feelings of love or fear.
What is the cerebellum?
The overwhelming obsession that many in love experience can be the same as those who have this condition, contributed in part by low-levels of serotonin.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
Who is A$AP Rocky?
This nervous system controls the fight or flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
What is the corpus callosum?
This dopaminergic region of the brain, implicated in movement, can also be the site of the brain's romantic signaling.
What is the striatum?
This latin term meaning "little man," is used to describe a model of a human with body parts sized proportionally to their nervous innervation.
What is homunculus?
This neuromodulator is often termed the "love hormone."
What is oxytocin?
The nervous system which controls your gut and digestive tract.
What is the enteric nervous system (ENS)?
This gland in the brain receives signals from the hypothalamus to release various hormones.
What is the pituitary gland?
In this process, geese will emotionally and physically attach themselves to the first object or being they observe upon being born. #twilight#jacob
What is imprinting?
Doctors may choose to administer this drug, which mimics oxytocin, to induce labor in pregnant patients.
What is Pitocin?
Apart from the hands, this sensory structure is the next most innervated by nerves.
What are lips?
This "hunger hormone" is released by the brain to induce cravings and initiate food consumption.
What is ghrelin?
One may experience a lowering of inhibitions after consuming alcohol, primarily through its effects on this subregion in the brain.
What is the prefrontal cortex (PFC)?
The progression of this condition, caused by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, may be slowed by effective love and emotional support.
What is Parkinson's disease?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as this, is commonly diagnosed following a major emotional stress such as a relationship ending.
What is Broken-Heart Syndrome?
In one of her songs, this is where Rihanna claims she found love.
What is a hopeless place?
This cranial nerve may provide the connection between feelings of love and slowed heart rates.
What is the vagus nerve?
This famous scientist, apart from making several electrifying discoveries, also was madly in love with a pigeon.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
Patients with this psychological condition believe that there is one person in the world who is deeply in love with them, regardless of whether that person knows them or has any connection to them.
What is Erotomania?
Those afflicted with this syndrome, caused by a deletion of 25-28 genes on chromosome 7, are hyper-sociable and tend to view strangers as good friends.
What is Williams syndrome?
What is brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)?
The neurotransmitter norepinephrine is produced both in the brain as well as in this layer of a peripheral gland.
What is the adrenal medulla?