The great pheromone myth
By: Richard L. Doty.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780801893476
Subjects: Pheromones; Mammals -- Physiology
Description: "For more than 50 years, researchers ... have identified pheromones as the triggers for a wide range of mammalian behaviors and endocrine responses. In this book, [author] rejects this idea and states bluntly that, in contrast to insects, mammals do not have pheromones. ... [book title] directly challenges ideas about the role chemicals play in mammalian behavior and reproductive processes."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What is a mammalian pheromone?; title: Origin of the pheromone concept; title: Generalization of the pheromone concept to mammals; title: Definitions and redefinitions of pheromones; title: Dictionary definitions; title: Textbook definitions; title: Definitions of working scientists; title: Early concerns with the concept of releasing pheromones in mammals; title: The chemical complexity issue; title: Pheromones as non-odors; title: The vomeronasal organ as the pheromone receptor system; title: Pheromones and politics; title: Mammals are not insects; title: Chemosensory learning; title: Olfactory learning in the uterus; title: Olfactory learning in the nursing setting; title: Olfactory learning in later life; title: Scent marking; title: The elusive snarks: case studies of non-human mammalian releasing pheromones; title: Copulin, the rhesus monkey vaginal pheromone; title: Boar pheromones that stimulate sexual receptivity (lordosis) in sows; title: Hamster vaginal secretion pheromones; title: Dimethyl disulfide, the sex attractant pheromone; title: Aphrodisin, the mounting pheromone; title: Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate, the sex pheromone of the dog; title: The estrus-signalling pheromone of the rat; title: The male mouse ultrasonic courtship pheromone; title: Phenylacetic acid, the major ventral scent marking pheromone of the male Mongolian gerbil; title: 2-(sec-butyl)thiazoline, 2,3-dehydro-exo-brevicomin, and the major urinary proteins (MUPS); title: As the aggression-eliciting pheromones of the male mouse; title: The maternal pheromone of the rat; title: (z)-7-dedecen-1-yl acetate, the sex pheromone of the female Asian elephant; title: Frontalin (1,5-dimethyl-6,8-dioxabicyclo [3,2,1] octane), the multi-purpose male elephant pheromone; title: The pheromone of the subauricular gland of the male pronghorn antelope; title: The rabbit nipple-search pheromone, 2-methylbut-2-enal; title: The erection-eliciting pheromone of the rat; title: Male mouse sex pheromones; title: Mammalian alarm pheromones; title: The elusive snarks: case studies of non-human mammalian priming pheromones; title: The ram sexual pheromone; title: The female mouse urine pheromone that induces luteinizing hormone release in male mice; title: The strange male pregnancy blocking pheromone (Bruce effect); title: The puberty accelerating pheromone of male mice (Vandenbergh effect); title: The estrus suppression pheromone of grouped female mice (Lee-Boot effect); title: The estrous induction pheromone of mice (Whitten effect); title: Estrous synchrony pheromones of rats; title: Estrous synchrony pheromones in non-human primates; title: Human pheromones; title: Sources of putative human pheromones; title: Potential receptors of putative human pheromones; title: Studies of human axillary secretions; title: Can humans discern sex on the basis of axillary odor?; title: Do human axillary odors influence mood?; title: Do human axillary odors influence the sexual attractiveness of others?; title: Studies of human vaginal odors; title: Androstenone, androstenol, and androstadienone as human pheromones; title: Influences of androstenone on seating choices; title: Influences of androstenol, androstenone, and copulin on the evaluation of others; title: Influences of androstenol and copulin on social behavior; title: Influences of androstenol on mood; title: Influences of androstadienone on mood; title: Influences on androstenol, androstenone & androstadienone on brain imaging parameters; title: Proprietary synthesized human sex pheromones; title: Non-pheromonal odorants also influence emotion and mood; title: Animal studies; title: Human studies; title: Human menstrual synchrony pheromones; title: Does menstrual synchrony exist?; title: If menstrual synchrony exists, what evidence is there that pheromones are involved?; title: Breastfeeding human pheromones.