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Arch Dermatol

Title:		In search of human skin pheromones
Author(s):		Cohn BA;
Address:		"Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco"
Journal Title:		Arch Dermatol
Year:		1994
Volume:		130
Issue:		8
Page Number:		1048 - 1051
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-987X (Print) 0003-987X (Linking)
Abstract:		"The term pheromone was first designated by Karlson and Luscher in 1959 as a substance secreted by an animal to the outside of that individual, which was then received by another individual, classically of the same species, and which then elicited some behavioral or developmental response in the latter. They composed the term from the Greek words pherein, which means to bring or to transfer, and hormon, which means to excite. In the usual context, this response in the second individual is of a sexual or of a reproductive physiologic nature, although sometimes the definition might even be extended to include other social responses such as when a dog uses pheromones in urine to mark territory. Classically, pheromones are thought of as being olfactory, but these chemicals may also be received by contact. Pheromones may be present in many different sites in animals, such as in the skin, including some of its glands, saliva, urine, vaginal discharge, and feces"
Keywords:		Animals Apocrine Glands/metabolism Female Hair/physiology Humans Male Pheromones/*metabolism Sexual Behavior/physiology Skin/*metabolism Sweat/metabolism;
Notes:		"MedlineCohn, B A eng Review 1994/08/01 Arch Dermatol. 1994 Aug; 130(8):1048-51"