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Brain Res Brain Res Rev

Title:		Steroid hormone modulation of olfactory processing in the context of socio-sexual behaviors in rodents and humans
Author(s):		Moffatt CA;
Address:		"Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, CA 94132, USA. moffatt@sfsu.edu"
Journal Title:		Brain Res Brain Res Rev
Year:		2003
Volume:		43
Issue:		2
Page Number:		192 - 206
DOI:		10.1016/s0165-0173(03)00208-x
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Abstract:		"Primer pheromones and other chemosensory cues are important factors governing social interactions and reproductive physiology in many species of mammals. Responses to these chemosignals can vary substantially within and between individuals. This variability can stem, at least in part, from the modulating effects steroid and non-steroid hormones exert on olfactory processing. Such modulation frequently augments or facilitates the effects that prevailing social and environmental conditions have on the reproductive axis. The mechanisms underlying the hormonal regulation of responses to chemosensory cues are diverse. They are in part behavioral, achieved through the modulation of chemoinvestigative behaviors, and in part a product of the modulation of the intrinsic responsiveness of the main and accessory olfactory systems to conspecific, as well as other classes, of chemosignals. The behavioral and non-behavioral effects complement one another to ensure that mating and other reproductive processes are confined to reproductively favorable conditions"
Keywords:		"Animals Gonadal Steroid Hormones/*physiology Humans Rodentia Sexual Behavior/*physiology/psychology Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology Smell/*physiology *Social Behavior;"
Notes:		"MedlineMoffatt, Christopher A eng S06 GM52588/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review Netherlands 2003/10/24 Brain Res Brain Res Rev. 2003 Oct; 43(2):192-206. doi: 10.1016/s0165-0173(03)00208-x"