Effects of reproductive state on olfactory sensitivity suggest odor specificity
Effects of reproductive state on olfactory sensitivity suggest odor specificity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.07.001
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Olsson, MJ
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作者：
Lundström, JN;McClintock, MK;Olsson, MJ
之前对女性生殖状态和嗅觉敏感性的研究并未直接比较社会和环境气味的阈值。在这里，我们使用了连续稀释的阶梯协议，以确定嗅觉阈值androstadienone，男性产生的社会气味，玫瑰，环境气味信号源的微量营养素的成功植入，产前发育和孕产妇健康。有生育能力的女性对社会气味比环境气味更敏感，而使用口服避孕药的女性，一种类似于早孕的非生育激素状态，对环境气味更敏感。这项初步研究为进一步研究荷尔蒙状态与对具有生殖意义的特定气味的敏感性之间的相互作用奠定了基础。(c)2005 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
Previous studies of reproductive state and olfactory sensitivity in women have not directly compared thresholds for social and environmental odors. Here, we used successive dilutions presented in a staircase protocol to determine olfactory thresholds for androstadienone, a social odor produced by men, and rose, an environmental odor signaling a source of micronutrients essential for successful implantation, prenatal development and maternal health. Fertile women were more sensitive to the social than the environmental odor, while women using oral contraceptives, a non-fertile hormonal state similar to early pregnancy, were more sensitive to the environmental odor. This preliminary study sets the stage for further work on the interaction between hormonal states and sensitivity to specific odors with reproductive significance. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.