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jvkohl · 08-19-2009 06:34 PM

Here's a link to a recent abstract that discusses perception of androstenone (and androstadienone). I don't recall ever reading about a trigeminal component, but that doesn't mean it's unlikely.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez...http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17873857&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubme

James V. Kohl
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(08-19-2009 12:09 AM)Diane999 Wrote:
(08-18-2009 09:51 PM)jvkohl Wrote: Do you mean that you get a trigeminal effect, like with ammonia?

JVK

(08-17-2009 02:55 AM)Diane999 Wrote: I'll have to try to look up the studies showing that a certain portion of the population reacts as I do to androstenone... it triggers the nerves even before it can trigger the olfactory systems.

And yes, that is exactly what is happening.

Diane

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