othelladub's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- news item : Molecule gives passionate lovers just one year Molecule gives passionate lovers just one year The Italian scientists found far higher levels of NGF in the blood of 58 people who had recently fallen madly in love than in that of a group of singles and people in long-term relationships. But after a year with the same lover, the quantity of the 'love molecule' in their blood had fallen to the same level as that of the other groups. The Italian researchers, publishing their study in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, said it was not clear how falling in love triggers higher levels of NGF, but the molecule clearly has an important role in the "social chemistry" between people at the start of a relationship. 2:06 a.m. - 2005-11-30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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