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Karlson, Peter

Dedicated to Professor Peter Karlson on the occasion of his 65. birthday... [Pg.27]

Are there human pheromones Fiftyyears ago, Peter Karlson (1918-2001) from the Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry in Munich and Martin Liischer (1917-1979) from the University of Bern introduced this concept for substances, which are sent out by an animal in order to achieve a change in behaviour or a physiological response in another animal of the same species. [5] Mammals pick up the pheromones in special receptors in the vomeronasal organ (VNO, Vomer - an unpaired facial bone in the skuU) [6] located in the nasal cavity. [7] The information is transmitted to the hypothalamus, which influences the endocrine system. Until a few years ago, it was believed that in adult men the vomeronasal organ is atrophied. Then an intact VNO was discovered in the proximity of the nasal cavity s partition wall (Septum nasi). [8, 9]... [Pg.47]

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.47 , Pg.752 ]



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