Research on pheromones in humans indicates that certain olfactory signals are involved in human communication and social situations. However, this process may or may not involve the vomeronasal organ.
A putative social chemosignal elicits faster cortical responses than perceptually similar odorants. (Link)
Brain response to putative pheromones in homosexual men. (Link)
Brain response to putative pheromones in lesbian women. (Link)
Concordant preferences for opposite-sex signals? Human pheromones and facial characteristics. (Link)
Context-dependent effects of steroid chemosignals on human physiology and mood. (Link)
Effect of putative pheromones on the electrical activity of the human vomeronasal organ and olfactory epithelium. (Link)
Effects of putative male pheromones on female ratings of male attractiveness: influence of oral contraceptives and the menstrual cycle. (Link)
Family composition and menarcheal age: anti-inbreeding strategies. (Link)
Human exposure to putative pheromones and changes in aspects of social behaviour. (Link)
Isolation of substances from human vaginal secretions previously shown to be sex attractant pheromones in higher primates. (Link)
Male axillary extracts contain pheromones that affect pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone and mood in women recipients. (Link)
Male axillary extracts modify the affinity of the platelet serotonin transporter and impulsiveness in women. (Link)
Pheromonal influences on sociosexual behavior in men. (Link)
Pheromone signal transduction in humans: what can be learned from olfactory loss. (Link)
Positive relationship between menstrual synchrony and ability to smell 5alpha-androst-16-en-3alpha-ol. (Link)
Psychological effects of subthreshold exposure to the putative human pheromone 4,16-androstadien-3-one. (Link)
Psychological state and mood effects of steroidal chemosignals in women and men. (Link)
Regulation of ovulation by human pheromones. (Link)
Smelling of odorous sex hormone-like compounds causes sex-differentiated hypothalamic activations in humans. (Link)
Social chemosignals from breastfeeding women increase sexual motivation. (Link)
The vomeronasal organ is not involved in the perception of endogenous odors. (Link)
Volatile signals during pregnancy: a possible chemical basis for mother-infant recognition. (Link)
