Could a capsule returning the spark to a marriage? Would it be possible realize the famous arrow of Cupid in an injection? What create a compressed to remove an unrequited love?
According to the journal Nature the researcher Larry Young, the National Center for Primatology of Emory University, uncovering the chemical components of love could “to develop drugs to reduce or increase our feelings toward the other”.
To study the reactions brain involved in love, Young has worked with rodents, which are a good model for human relations because “create relationships of life partner and bringing up children together.” AND has demonstrated that this behavior is easy to change chemically. In particular, if placed in a female of rat field next to a male injecting oxytocin -a hormone that is linked to social aspects and care in the brain, it will be linked soon in this male. On the contrary, reduce the normal levels of oxytocin lead to the absolute rejection of your partner regardless of how many times sexual intercourse with him. In other words, a single dose of the hormone adequate can drastically alter relations in these mammals.
With regard to human, “some experiments have already shown that a nasal injection of oxytocin increases confidence and helps to understand the emotions of others,” writes Young in Nature. And in Australia is currently investigating how to use this hormone spray as support for the traditional therapies of mature.
Moreover, recalls Young, we must take into account that love is based not on a single substance. For example, some studies have shown that differences in a gene called larger complex histo compatibility, which affects the immune system, can be related to sexual attraction.
In any case, “recent advances in biology on bonds of mature indicate that not be long before any person little scrupulous target a pharmaceutical potion of love in our drink,” predicts Young. “And if that happened, what we mind? After all, love is madness”, reflects the researcher.