Love: An emergent property of the mammalian autonomic nervous system

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 837-861

  W Porges, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Evolution; Love; Oxytocin; Vagus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FACIAL EXPRESSION; LOVE; MYELINATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VAGUS NERVE; VERTEBRATE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032448731     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00057-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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