Seeking crash course on "love."

[Tex]

NOT love as a relationship, "love" or "affection" as a chemical response in the human body. I know there are a variety of endorphins/chemicals at play when emotions are felt, can anyone point me to any quote-unquote "love" hormone/endorphin/chemical thingy?

[HebaruSan]

I'm not sure that sharing the ordering information for such substances would be in accord with the community guidelines.

[Tex]

Hardy har. Just in case the meaning was actually unclear, I'm looking for what hormones/whatever is released when one experiences a feeling of love or affection, as in dopamine does in happiness responses.

[kerbiloid]

Probably, love is not a specific hormone, but a specific biochemical disbalance pattern, when different hormones get produced one-by-one, causing sequentional changes of mood.
"Hormones of" "happiness", "trepidation", "anger", "win", "tranquility", "self-solace" and so on.
I.e. all same hormones as usual but in active response to a specific object appearance.

So, not a specfic hormone, but a specific reaction or syndrome

Edited July 3, 2017 by kerbiloid

[KSK]

Oxytocin aka 'the cuddle chemical' might fit the bill? It's a complicated beast but some of its affects seem to be the kind of thing you have in mind.

Edit: A quick Google search for 'love hormone' produces a load of articles about oxytocin, so it might be as close as you'll get.

Edited July 3, 2017 by KSK

[kerbiloid]

Oxytocin is a hormone of softness, while the love can be a pain.

_{Love without a pain is like a positive loopback system without negative loopback regulator. Funny, but a short while.}

Edited July 3, 2017 by kerbiloid

[Green Baron]

On a higher abstraction level cultural implications (concept of marriage, polygamy, ...), gathered life experiences, personal expectations, etc. play a role as well. Talking of large numbers the invoking of emotions are widely used in the modern media to transport all sorts of messages.

Searching "emotional biochemistry" brought quite a few links to me. I cannot judge how reliable they are, but they might calm your needs, if i may say so in this context :-)

[Tex]

Doing some research with your guys's aid led me to uncover just what I was looking for. Adrenaline/epinephrine, dopamine, norepinephrine, oxytocin, and vasopressin. Oxytocin and vasopressin are enormously complicated little buggers, but the other three are nice and simple, and actually quite similar in structure.