Behavioral and electrophysiological effects of androstadienone, a human pheromone

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-299

  Grosser, Bernard I ^a   Monti Bloch, Louis ^a,b   Jennings White, Clive ^b   Berliner, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pherin Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstadienone; Autonomic function; Behavior; Pheromone; Steroid; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIONE; PHEROMONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SURFACE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTADIENES; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHEROMONES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0033951548     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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