Love and stress

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-174

  Stefano, George B ^a   Esch, Tobias ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Evolution; Love; Morphine; Nitric oxide; Stress

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOVE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 22144447169     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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