An assay for human chemosignals

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1068, Issue , 2013, Pages 373-394

  Frumin, Idan ^a   Sobel, Noam ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemosignals; fMRI; Human; Pheromones; Psychophysics; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; ODORS; OVULATION; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL; TEARS;

EID: 84884199116     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-619-1_27     Document Type: Article

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