Sniffing human sex-steroid derived compounds modulates mood, memory and autonomic nervous system function in specific behavioral contexts

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-22

  Bensafi, M ^a   Brown, W M ^a   Khan, R ^a   Levenson, B ^a   Sobel, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstadienone; Context effects; Human psychophysiology; Memory; Mood; Olfaction; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

4,16 ANDROSTANDIEN 3 ONE; ESTRATETRAENOL; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILM; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SNIFFING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTADIENES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTRENES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MEMORY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 2342626501     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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