FYI:human pheromones Re: hormones..... (fwd)

Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Sun, 20 Jul 1997 12:37:06 +0200 (MET DST)


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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:59:31 -0700
From: Jim Kohl <jkohl@vegas.infi.net>
To: "bionet.neuroscience mail newsgroup" <bionet-news@dl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: hormones.....

cmspecht@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote:
>
> would someone mind sending me any references for evidence of pheromones in
> humans?

I'm not sure what type of _evidence_ you seek; the following citation is
relevant to physiological effects.

Berliner, Monti-Block, Jennings-White, & Diaz-Sanchez (1996) The functionality
of the human vomeronasal organ. J. Steroid Biochem. Molec. Biol., 59, 259-265.

Several pages on the concept of human pheromones also were included in:
Diamond, Binstock, & Kohl (1996) From fertilization to adult sexual behavior.
Hormones and Behavior, 30:333-353

You may also wish to see page two of my web site:

http://www.pheromones.com

--and, finally, here are some presentation titles from the International
Symposium on Taste and Olfaction, held last week, in case you wish to do
a Medline search for specific authors.

(For example)Symposium: Pheromone Communication and Interaction with
Hormones. Organizer: M. MEREDITH.
Discussants: M. K. McCLINTOCK, and C. J. WYSOCKI.

Pheromones, the vomeronasal system and communication:
from hormonal responses to individual recogntion. ROBERT
E. JOHNSTON

Vomeronasal,olfactory, hormonal convergence in the
brain: Co-operation or co-incidence? MICHAEL MEREDITH

The Functionality Of The Human Vomeronasal Organ:
Influence On Gonadotropin And Testosterone Plasma
Levels, And Autonomic Reflexes. LOUIS MONTI-BLOCH,
DAVID L. BERLINER

----------------posters-------------

Effect Of Vomeropherin Pregna-4,20-Diene-3,6-Dione On
Isolated Cells From The Human Vomeronasal Organ. LOUIS
MONTI-BLOCH

Highly specific structure activity relationships among
androstanes in the female human vomeronasal organ. CLIVE
JENNINGS-WHITE , LUIS MONTI-BLOCH1, and DAVID L.
BERLINER

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis Inhibition In Normal
Men Induced By Delivery Of Pregna-4,20-Diene-3,6-Dione
To The Vomeronasal Organ. VICENTE DIAZ-SANCHEZ, LOUIS
MONTI-BLOCH2, and DAVID L. BERLINER

Human Pheromones: Releasers or Primers - Fact or Myth.
GEORGE PRETI1, ANDREW I. SPIELMAN and CHARLES J.
WYSOCKI1

MHC and olfactory communication in humans. FRANK EGGERT
ROMAN FERSTL and WOLFGANG MULLER-RUCHHOLTZ

Jim Kohl