Love: is it just a fleeting high fueled by brain chemicals?
Study looks at the psychology and neurobiology of attraction and love.... Read More...
pheromones
Sex pheromone named after Jane Austen character alters brain in mouse courtship
Darcin, a sex pheromone named after Jane Austen's famous Mr. Darcy, alters cells in the brain's emotional center of female mice, giving them the power to assess sexual readiness and help with mate selection.... Read More...
Substance in Baby Tears Reduces Mom’s Interest in Sex: Mouse Study
ESP22, a substance found in a baby's tears, makes female mice more likely to reject male sexual advances, researchers report.... Read More...
Sexually Aroused Male Flies Unable to Sleep after Close Encounters with Females
In fruit flies, the need to sleep is overridden by the need to mate, a new study reports.... Read More...
First Mutant Ants Shed Light on Evolution of Social Behavior
Modifying genes essential for sensing pheromones in ants resulted in the insects' displaying deficiencies in social behaviors and reduced ability to survive within a colony. ... Read More...
How Pheromones Trigger Female Sexual Behavior
Researchers report on how male pheromones enhance sexual behavior in female mice.... Read More...
Scientists Prove How Genetics Change Behavior by Studying Worms’ Foraging Strategies
A new study provides evidence that population density changes how individuals act.... Read More...
Long Term Exposure to Female Scent Changes Courtship Behavior in Male Mice
Researchers report that by manipulating a male mouse's living conditions and exposing them to female scents for long periods of time, they lose neurons that detect pheromones and interest in wooing females.... Read More...
Sexing The Brain: Does Your Brain Have a Sex?
The human male and female brains have more in common than the media often reports, suggests Julia Gottwald.... Read More...
Tracking the Neural Circuits Responsible for Driving Mate Choice in Flies
A new study explores how a the neural circuitry of a fly assesses the sutability of a potential mate.... Read More...
Neural Circuit Responsible for Detecting Taste Pheromone in Fruit Fly Identified
According to a new study, researchers have identified the neural circuit in the brain of fruit flies which is responsible for detecting a taste pheromone.... Read More...
Sexual Behavior of Drosophila Regulated by One Simple Molecule
Researchers report they have discovered the molecule responsible for regulating sexual behavior in vinegar flies.... Read More...