Raised plasma nerve growth factor levels associated with early-stage romantic love

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-294

  Emanuele, Enzo ^a   Politi, Pierluigi ^a   Bianchi, Marika ^a   Minoretti, Piercarlo ^a   Bertona, Marco ^a   Geroldi, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Humans; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophins; Pair bonding; Romantic love

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIBIDO; LOVE; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 32944479353     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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