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Correction of Literature Citation

Posted by Michael_Rogawski on 21 Aug 2010 at 18:41 GMT

The correct citation for the study demonstrating that androstenol has anxiolytic and anticonvulsant activity is as follows: Kaminski RM, Marini H, Ortinski PI, Vicini S, Rogawski MA. The pheromone androstenol (5alpha-androst-16-en-3 alpha-ol) is a neurosteroid positive modulator of GABA-A receptors. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006 May;317(2):694-703. This publication was also the first to compare the vapor pressure of androstenol with other steroids and suggest that its relatively low vapor pressure allows it to serve as a vapor-phase chemical messenger.

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