Male axillary extracts contain pheromones that affect pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone and mood in women recipients

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2107-2113

  Preti, George ^a,b   Wysocki, Charles J ^a,b   Barnhart, Kurt T ^b   Sondheimer, Steven J ^b   Leyden, James J ^b  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Menstrual cycle; Neuroendocrinology; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHEROMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEROMONES; RELAXATION; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 0038174724     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008268     Document Type: Article

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