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J Neurosci

Title:		Encoding human sexual chemosensory cues in the orbitofrontal and fusiform cortices
Author(s):		Zhou W; Chen D;
Address:		"Psychology Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA"
Journal Title:		J Neurosci
Year:		2008
Volume:		28
Issue:		53
Page Number:		14416 - 14421
DOI:		10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3148-08.2008
ISSN/ISBN:		1529-2401 (Electronic) 0270-6474 (Print) 0270-6474 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Chemosensory communication of affect and motivation is ubiquitous among animals. In humans, emotional expressions are naturally associated with faces and voices. Whether chemical signals play a role as well has hardly been addressed. Here, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to show that the right orbitofrontal cortex, right fusiform cortex, and right hypothalamus respond to airborne natural human sexual sweat, indicating that this particular chemosensory compound is encoded holistically in the brain. Our findings provide neural evidence that socioemotional meanings, including the sexual ones, are conveyed in the human sweat"
Keywords:		"Analysis of Variance *Brain Mapping Cerebral Cortex/blood supply/*drug effects/*physiology *Cues Emotions/physiology Functional Laterality Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods Male Odorants Oxygen/blood Pai;"
Notes:		"MedlineZhou, Wen Chen, Denise eng R03 DC004956-01A2/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ R03 DC4956/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural 2009/01/02 J Neurosci. 2008 Dec 31; 28(53):14416-21. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3148-08.2008"