Modern studies of the role of the vomeronasal system in the perception of pheromones and their impact on social and sexual behavior

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Popov S.V.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr nevrologii" RAMN, Moskva

Kamchatnov P.R.

Kafedra nevrologii i neĭrokhirurgii Rossiĭskogo gosudarstvennogo meditsinskogo universiteta im. N.I. Pirogova, Moskva

SPIN RSCI: 9240-6754
Scopus AuthorID: 6602401209
ORCID: 0000-0001-6747-3476

Sturov N.V.

Peoples Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Bogdanets S.A.

Medical Center Yuzhnyy 'Vascular clinic', Moscow, Russia

Modern studies of the role of the vomeronasal system in the perception of pheromones and their impact on social and sexual behavior

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Popov S.V., Kamchatnov P.R., Sturov N.V., Bogdanets S.A.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(12): 143‑147

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2019119121143

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Popov SV, Kamchatnov PR, Sturov NV, Bogdanets SA. Modern studies of the role of the vomeronasal system in the perception of pheromones and their impact on social and sexual behavior. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(12):143‑147. (In Russ.)
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The vomeronasal system (VNS) provides regulation of a wide range of autonomic and affective functions, behavioral reactions in response to the specific chemical stimuli pheromones secreted by mammals, including humans. The results of experimental studies confirming the existence of VNS and explaining the basic mechanisms of its functioning are presented. The results of studies of healthy volunteers, explaining the effect of pheromones on a number of functions of the human body, are considered.

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vomeronasal system

pheromones

olfactory epithelium

myrtenal

methyl dihydrojasmonate

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Popov S.V.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr nevrologii" RAMN, Moskva

Kamchatnov P.R.

Kafedra nevrologii i neĭrokhirurgii Rossiĭskogo gosudarstvennogo meditsinskogo universiteta im. N.I. Pirogova, Moskva

SPIN RSCI: 9240-6754
Scopus AuthorID: 6602401209
ORCID: 0000-0001-6747-3476

Sturov N.V.

Peoples Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Bogdanets S.A.

Medical Center Yuzhnyy 'Vascular clinic', Moscow, Russia

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