Olfactory information processing during the course of the menstrual cycle

Biological Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-54

  Pause, Bettina M ^a   Sojka, Bernfried ^a   Krauel, Kerstin ^a   Fehm Wolfsdorf, Gabriele ^a   Ferstl, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemosensory event related potentials (CSERP); Citral; Cortisol; Hedonic tone of odors; Menstrual cycle; N1; Olfactory thresholds; P2; P3

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SMELLING;

EID: 0030604063     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(96)05207-6     Document Type: Article

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