"In 2004, Italian researchers reported that baby mice that couldn't sense dopamine didn't especially care whether or not their mom was around, the strongest evidence yet that dopamine plays a crucial role in mother/infant bonding.
Incidentally, dopamine is the same compound that "rewards" users of heroin or cocaine. In a very real sense, addicts who get hooked on drugs are simply chasing the feeling that flows between a mother and her baby. Parental love just happens to be infinitely healthier."
Wow.... Nice to see my family life dissected into a chemical equation. My organic Chemistry Professor would have loved it, when he sobered up enough to be able to read the article.
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Posted by BilFish at February 8, 2005 08:31 AM