Changes in Men's Salivary Testosterone and Cortisol Levels, and in Sexual Desire after Smelling Female Axillary and Vulvar Scents.

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dc.contributor.affiliationDepartamento de Etología, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México, Méxicoes_ES
dc.contributor.emailrmc@imp.edu.mxes_ES
dc.creatorCerda-Molina, A.L.
dc.creatorHernández-López, L.
dc.creatorDe la O, C.E.
dc.creatorChavira-Ramírez, R.
dc.creatorMondragón-Ceballos, R.
dc.creator.identificadorCEMA740103MDFRLN06>Cerda Molina, A.L.es_ES
dc.creator.identificadorHELL670909MDFRPN00>Hernández López, L.es_ES
dc.creator.identificadorCARD650511HDFHMV02>Chavira Ramírez, R.es_ES
dc.creator.identificadorhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3252-8702>Mondragón Ceballos, R.es_ES
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-29T03:43:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-27T14:33:58Z
dc.date.available2017-06-29T03:43:02Z
dc.date.issued2013es_ES
dc.date.published2013es_ES
dc.description.abstractotrodiomaSeveral studies have shown that a woman's vaginal or axillary odors convey information on her attractivity. Yet, whether such scents induce psychoneuroendocrinological changes in perceivers is still controversial. We studied if smelling axillary and vulvar odors collected in the periovulatory and late luteal phases of young women modify salivary testosterone and cortisol levels, as well as sexual desire in men. Forty-five women and 115 men, all of them college students and unacquainted with each other, participated in the study. Female odors were collected on pads affixed to the axilla and on panty protectors both worn the entire night before experiments. Men provided five saliva samples, a basal one before the smelling procedure, and four more 15, 30, 60, and 75 min after exposure to odors. Immediately after smelling the odor source, men answered a questionnaire rating hedonic qualities of scents, and after providing the last saliva sample they answered questionnaire on sexual desire. We found that periovulatory axillary and vulvar odors increased testosterone and cortisol levels, with vulvar scents producing a more prolonged effect. Luteal axilla odors decreased testosterone and cortisol levels, while luteal vulva odors increased cortisol. Periovulatory axilla and vulva scents accounted for a general increase of interest in sex. These odors were also rated as more pleasant and familiar, while luteal vulvar odors were perceived as intense and unpleasant. es_ES
dc.description.monthOctes_ES
dc.identifier2590es_ES
dc.identifier.citationMaría Guadalupe Camal Ibáñezes_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fendo.2013.00159es_ES
dc.identifier.eissn1664-2392es_ES
dc.identifier.numero159es_ES
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñizes_ES
dc.identifier.paginacion1-9es_ES
dc.identifier.placeSonoko Ogawaes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2013.00159es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/4439
dc.identifier.volumen4es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherSonoko Ogawa, University of Tsukuba, Japanes_ES
dc.relation4(159) 1-9p.es_ES
dc.relationversión del editores_ES
dc.relation.jnabreviadoFRONT ENDOCRINOLes_ES
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in endocrinologyes_ES
dc.rightsacceso cerradoes_ES
dc.subject.koCortisoles_ES
dc.subject.koMenstrual cyclees_ES
dc.subject.koSemiochemical communicationes_ES
dc.subject.koSexual desirees_ES
dc.subject.koTestosteronees_ES
dc.subject.koWomen’s attractivityes_ES
dc.titleChanges in Men's Salivary Testosterone and Cortisol Levels, and in Sexual Desire after Smelling Female Axillary and Vulvar Scents.es_ES
dc.typeartículoes_ES

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