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| Title |
Imaging the passionate stage of romantic love by dopamine dynamics
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00191 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kayo Takahashi, Kei Mizuno, Akihiro T. Sasaki, Yasuhiro Wada, Masaaki Tanaka, Akira Ishii, Kanako Tajima, Naohiro Tsuyuguchi, Kyosuke Watanabe, Semir Zeki, Yasuyoshi Watanabe |
| Abstract |
Using [(11)C]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 pictures of their romantic partners and, as a control, of friends of the same sex for whom they had neutral feelings during the PET study. We administered [(11)C]raclopride to subjects using a timing for injecting the antagonist which had been determined in previous studies to be optimal for detecting increases in the amount of dopamine released by stimulation. The results demonstrated statistically significant activation of the dopaminergic system in two regions, the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC) and medial prefrontal cortex, the former of which has been strongly implicated in a variety of rewarding experiences, including that of beauty and love. A positive correlation was obtained in mOFC between excitement levels and dopaminergic activation only in the love but not in the control condition. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 95 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 16 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 7% |
| United States | 7 | 7% |
| Mexico | 5 | 5% |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Unknown | 47 | 49% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 80 | 84% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 7% |
| Scientists | 7 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 118 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 18% |
| Researcher | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
| Professor | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 23 | 19% |
| Unknown | 26 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 36 | 30% |
| Neuroscience | 20 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 11% |
| Unknown | 29 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 120. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2024.
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