The neural basis of romantic love

@article{Bartels2000TheNB,
  title={The neural basis of romantic love},
  author={Andreas M. Bartels and Semir Zeki},
  journal={NeuroReport},
  year={2000},
  volume={11},
  pages={3829–3834}
}
The neural correlates of many emotional states have been studied, most recently through the technique of fMRI. However, nothing is known about the neural substrates involved in evoking one of the most overwhelming of all affective states, that of romantic love, about which we report here. The activity in the brains of 17 subjects who were deeply in love was scanned using fMRI, while they viewed pictures of their partners, and compared with the activity produced by viewing pictures of three… 
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