title: An assay for human chemosignals.
abstract: Like all mammals, humans use chemosignals. Nevertheless, only few such chemosignals have been identified. Here we describe an experimental arrangement that casts a wide net for the possible chemosignaling functions of target molecules. This experimental arrangement can be used in concert with various methods for measuring the human behavioral and brain responses, including psychophysiology and brain imaging. Moreover, many of the methodological issues we describe are relevant to any study with human chemosignals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Idan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Frumin
authors.forename: Noam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sobel
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D009812:Odorants; D010060:Ovulation / Q000502:physiology; D049049:Pheromones, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012903:Smell; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D049049:Pheromones, Human