Posted on 11/28/2005 12:52:35 PM PST by COUNTrecount
PAVIA, Italy, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Italian scientists have determined the brain chemical fired up when a person meets a "true love" doesn't last a lifetime, but rather, just 12 months.
When a person falls in love, levels of a protein called Nerve Growth Factor skyrocket, researchers from the University of Pavia found.
"We have demonstrated for the first time that circulating levels of NGF are elevated among subjects in love, suggesting an important role for this molecule in the social chemistry of human beings," said Dr. Enzo Emanuele, who led the study.
But, after studying a volunteer group of people between the ages of 18 and 31, researchers found the levels of NGF had fallen to original levels after one year, the Daily Mail reported.
Not to discourage romantics, the team wrote that they believe the same chemical also stimulates companionship, which is essential in any long-term relationship.
The report appears in the current Psychoneuroendocrinology journal.
That explains A LOT!!
Just you wait till they come with a designer drug - this NGF promoter/uptake inhibitor...
Guys, watch out! If'n them females gets aholt of the formula we'uns in a peck o'trouble....at least the younguns.....
Maybe a lot of people just mistake raging hormones for "true love."
The pill will be red and heart shaped.
Or until you sober up.
Two six packs also work as well
I won't have to say, "I'm sorry".....simply say, "See....it's not MY fault! Its human nature!"
Love Potion #9?
It will outsell the pill.
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." -- Mignon McLaughlin
"Then how come my wife and I have been married 15 years, yet someone we met just last month couldn't believe it? She said from the way we were talking and holding hands at dinner, she assumed we were newlyweds."
I was just wondering the same thing about me and my hubby...18 years and we're still diggin' each other.
The pill will be Red White and Green and Fly-shaped.
Yeah but your backbone will look just like a dinosaur's.
/eminem line
Is this the beer-goggles story?
This sounds like it would be #10.
And thank goodness for that! It's great while it lasts, but it takes a huge physical toll. Gimme that comfortable, settled kind of love for the long haul.
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