Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

The brain’s amygdala recognizes the emotional significance of the cue and increases its rate of firing; then, a tide of dopamine released in the goal-oriented nucleus accumbens drives the ...

The main pathway in the brain reward system is from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the nucleus accumbens ... directly in ...

These secreted peptides are found in both rat and ... within the brain 7,8. Hcrtr1 mRNA is prominent in the prefrontal and intralimbic cortex, hippocampus, paraventricular thalamic nucleus ...