Alarm pheromones as an exponent of emotional state shortly before death - Science fiction or a new challenge? [2]

Forensic Science International

Volumn 155, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Hauser, Roman ^a,b   Wiergowski, Marek ^a   Gos, Tomasz ^a   Marczak, Marcin ^c   Karaszewski, Bartosz ^a   Wodniak Ochocińska, Łucja ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b The Kashubian Res Teach Serv Ctr   (Poland)

^c GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d St Adalbert s Hospital in Gdansk   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN C FOS; SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEATH; EMOTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LETTER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY TRACT; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SENSE ORGAN; SILKWORM;

EID: 26844447178     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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