Not exact matches
«We know much more about the chemistry of attachment and
love in
prairie voles than we do about that chemistry in humans.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — When
prairie voles choose a mate, there's no turning back — the «
love chemical» oxytocin increases in their brains and they devote themselves to only each other.
By simply activating certain circuits in the brains of female
prairie voles, researchers made them «fall in
love» with specific males.
Activating circuits in the brains of female
prairie voles can make them «fall in
love».
If they are genetically deprived of oxytocin, monogamous, maternal,
loving prairie voles (a species of rodent) turn into another subspecies — the heartless, promiscuous, pup abusing montane
voles.