Human olfactory contrast changes during the menstrual cycle

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-359

  Watanabe, Kyoko ^a   Umezu, Kana ^a   Kurahashi, Takashi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Olfaction; Receptor cell; Sensory system; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTADECANOLIDE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEX PHEROMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OVULATION; PATCH CLAMP; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAPOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CHEMORECEPTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SMELL;

EID: 0036703881     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.52.353     Document Type: Article

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