Chemosensory communication of gender through two human steroids in a sexually dimorphic manner

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1091-1095

  Zhou, Wen ^a   Yang, Xiaoying ^a   Chen, Kepu ^a   Cai, Peng ^a   He, Sheng ^b,c   Jiang, Yi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3,5,(10),16-ESTRATETRAEN-3-OL; 4,16-ANDROSTADIEN-3-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; ODOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANDROSTADIENES; ESTRENES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901246198     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.035     Document Type: Article

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