Gender effects and sexual-orientation impact on androstadienone-evoked behavior and neural processing

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 JUN, 2014, Pages

  Krajnik, Jacqueline ^a   Kollndorfer, Kathrin ^a   Nenning, Karl Heinz ^a   Lundström, Johan N ^b,c,d   Schöpf, Veronika ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstadienone; Behavior; Chemosignals; Gender effect; Neuronal processing; Psychophysiological status; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 4,16 DIEN 3 ONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; SALIVA; SWEAT;

EID: 84904895655     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00195     Document Type: Article

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