Savic, I., Berglund, H., Gulyas, B., and Roland, P. (2001). Smelling of odorous sex hormone-like compounds causes sex differentiated hypothalamic activations in humans. Neuron 31, 661-668.

Comments on Savic et.al:
Sobel, N and Brown, W.M. (2001) The Scented Brain: Pheromonal Responses in Humans Neuron 2001 31: 512-514.

James, so what were the \"pheromones\" tested in these two studies? I don\'t have a subscription to Neuron, and the free summaries contain almost no information.

From the studies you highlighted on your webpage (including the above two), it appears that all the putative pheromones demonstrated to affect the hypothalamus and hormone levels in humans are patented Realm vomeripherins or an unknown mixture contained in axillary sweat (for which we cannot isolate an active component).

It seems like we\'ve invested a lot in -none, -nol, and -rone, yet we don\'t even know if they have a hormonal effect!

So how many human pheromones do you think we\'ll ultimately discover? Currently, what are your top candidates?