Psychological effects of subthreshold exposure to the putative human pheromone 4,16-androstadien-3-one

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-401

  Lundström, Johan N ^a   Gonçalves, Miguel ^b   Esteves, Francisco ^b   Olsson, Mats J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Androstadienone; Chemosignals; Mood; Pheromones; Psychopharmacology; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 4,16 DIEN 3 ONE; PHEROMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0344824694     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.06.004     Document Type: Article

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