浪漫（右图）：热恋的情侣在想到浪漫时，中脑（图中未显示）的腹侧被盖区活动明显，可卡因和巧克力也可以刺激这部分。
ROMANCE (right): In newly-in-love couples, romantic feelings light up the ventral tegmental area in the midbrain (not shown) — also activated by cocaine and chocolate.
也有一些不同——长期的浪漫爱情会比短期爱情调动大脑的更多区域，但是两组都检测到了多巴胺富集的腹侧被盖区的重要活动。
There were differences -- long-term romantic love lit up many more brain regions than early-stage love -- but both groups showed significant activity in the dopamine-rich ventral tegmental area.
布朗博士说，科学家们相信，当人们坠入爱河的时候，腹侧被盖区就会使活性尾区域充满多巴胺。
Dr. Brown said scientists believe that when you fall in love, the ventral tegmental floods the caudate with dopamine.
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