Individual differences in sensitivity to the odor of 4,16-androstadien-3-one

Chemical Senses

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 643-650

  Lundström, Johan N ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^b   Olsson, Mats J ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Pheromone; Supersmellers; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 4,16 DIEN 3 ONE; ANDROSTANEDIONE; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHEROMONE; 4,16-ANDROSTADIEN-3-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; DRUG EFFECT; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANDROSTADIENES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 0344720390     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjg057     Document Type: Article

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