Sensitivity to androstenone in female subjects is associated with an altered brain response to male body odor

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 129-137

  Pause, Bettina M ^a   Rogalski, Karin P ^a   Sojka, Bernfried ^a   Ferstl, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Body odor; Chemosensory event related potential (CSERP); Induced olfactory sensitivity; Pheromone; Specific anosmia

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE;

ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033432888     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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