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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- What is a mammalian pheromone? -- Origin of the pheromone concept -- Generalization of the pheromone concept to mammals -- Definitions and redefinitions of pheromones -- Dictionary definitions -- Textbook definitions -- Definitions of working scientists -- Early concerns with the concept of releasing pheromones in mammals -- The chemical complexity issue -- Pheromones as non-odors -- The vomeronasal organ as the pheromone receptor system -- Pheromones and politics -- Mammals are not insects -- Chemosensory learning -- Olfactory learning in the uterus -- Olfactory learning in the nursing setting -- Olfactory learning in later life -- Scent marking -- The elusive snarks: case studies of non-human mammalian releasing pheromones -- Copulin, the rhesus monkey vaginal pheromone -- Boar pheromones that stimulate sexual receptivity (lordosis) in sows -- Hamster vaginal secretion pheromones -- Dimethyl disulfide, the sex attractant pheromone -- Aphrodisin, the mounting pheromone -- Methyl p-hydroxybenzoate, the sex pheromone of the dog -- The estrus-signalling pheromone of the rat -- The male mouse ultrasonic courtship pheromone -- Phenylacetic acid, the major ventral scent marking pheromone of the male Mongolian gerbil -- 2-(sec-butyl)thiazoline, 2,3-dehydro-exo-brevicomin, and the major urinary proteins (MUPS) -- As the aggression-eliciting pheromones of the male mouse -- The maternal pheromone of the rat -- (z)-7-dedecen-1-yl acetate, the sex pheromone of the female Asian elephant -- Frontalin (1,5-dimethyl-6,8-dioxabicyclo [3,2,1] octane), the multi-purpose male elephant pheromone -- The pheromone of the subauricular gland of the male pronghorn antelope -- The rabbit nipple-search pheromone, 2-methylbut-2-enal -- The erection-eliciting pheromone of the rat -- Male mouse sex pheromones -- Mammalian alarm pheromones -- The elusive snarks: case studies of non-human mammalian priming pheromones -- The ram sexual pheromone -- The female mouse urine pheromone that induces luteinizing hormone release in male mice -- The strange male pregnancy blocking pheromone (Bruce effect) -- The puberty accelerating pheromone of male mice (Vandenbergh effect) -- The estrus suppression pheromone of grouped female mice (Lee-Boot effect) -- The estrous induction pheromone of mice (Whitten effect) -- Estrous synchrony pheromones of rats -- Estrous synchrony pheromones in non-human primates -- Human pheromones -- Sources of putative human pheromones -- Potential receptors of putative human pheromones -- Studies of human axillary secretions -- Can humans discern sex on the basis of axillary odor? -- Do human axillary odors influence mood? -- Do human axillary odors influence the sexual attractiveness of others? -- Studies of human vaginal odors -- Androstenone, androstenol, and androstadienone as human pheromones -- Influences of androstenone on seating choices -- Influences of androstenol, androstenone, and copulin on the evaluation of others -- Influences of androstenol and copulin on social behavior -- Influences of androstenol on mood -- Influences of androstadienone on mood -- Influences on androstenol, androstenone & androstadienone on brain imaging parameters -- Proprietary synthesized human sex pheromones -- Non-pheromonal odorants also influence emotion and mood -- Animal studies -- Human studies -- Human menstrual synchrony pheromones -- Does menstrual synchrony exist? -- If menstrual synchrony exists, what evidence is there that pheromones are involved? -- Breastfeeding human pheromones

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