While gonadal hormone metabolism is probably most important for communication of neuroendocrine status, adrenal hormones metabolism is probably most important for communication of neuroimmune status. We touched on the linkage in a 1996 Hormones and behavior paper.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9047261

When I looked for the URL just now, I noticed a 2009 article that seems to echo our thoughts. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19446073

Perhaps only the intuitive folks like Tisha can appreciate how much information is conveyed by pheromones, but others are learning that there's much more to it than what most of us have been told.

James V. Kohl
http://www.pheromones.com

(09-27-2010 7:01 PM)Tisha Wrote:  Do you believe that pheromones in humans are only used to communicate something about us on a sexual gender level ? I used to think that but not anymore. Its my opinion they signal much more then anyone ever realized or studied just yet. DHEA dosn't seem to signal on that level when I use it but it does seem to communicate information to others. I do understand what your saying about hormone metabolism being a better indicator though. It makes sense.

Tisha