What Is a Pheromone? Mammalian Pheromones Reconsidered

What Is a Pheromone? Mammalian Pheromones Reconsidered

Pheromone communication is a two-component system: signaling pheromones and receiving sensory neurons. Currently, pheromones remain enigmatic bioactive compounds, as only a few have been identified, but classical bioassays have suggested that they are nonvolatile, activate vomeronasal sensory neuron...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2005-06, Vol.46 (5), p.699-702
Hauptverfasser: Stowers, Lisa, Marton, Tobias F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aggressiveness
Animals
Behavior
Behavior - physiology
Experiments
Females
Humans
Ligands
Neurons
Peptides
Pheromones
Pheromones - physiology
Pheromones - secretion
Pheromones, Human - physiology
Pheromones, Human - secretion
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Zusammenfassung:Pheromone communication is a two-component system: signaling pheromones and receiving sensory neurons. Currently, pheromones remain enigmatic bioactive compounds, as only a few have been identified, but classical bioassays have suggested that they are nonvolatile, activate vomeronasal sensory neurons, and regulate innate social behaviors and neuroendocrine release. Recent discoveries of potential pheromones reveal that they may be more structurally and functionally diverse than previously defined.
ISSN:0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.04.032