ヒトフェロモンによる排卵の調節
1Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Nature
|March 27, 1998
まとめ
この研究は,ヒトフェロモンの決定的な証拠を提供します. 女性からの無臭な化合物です.
科学分野:
- 神経内分泌学の神経内分泌学
- 人間と化学物質のコミュニケーション
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
背景:
- 行動や生理学に影響を与える化学信号である人間のフェロモンの存在は,公衆の魅惑にもかかわらず,科学的に証明されていないままです.
- これまでの研究は,制御された条件下でヒトのフェロモンの効果を決定的に実証できませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- ヒトが,フェロモンの古典的な定義を満たす,他者における神経内分泌機構を調節する無臭化合物を産生するかどうかを調査する.
- アキシラー化合物が受容女性における排卵のタイミングと月経周期の長さを変化させることができるかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 特定の月経周期 (末期の卵泡と排卵期) の段階で女性から状化合物の採取.
- これらの化合物の受容女性への管理された投与.
- 受信者の女性のルテイン化ホルモンの急上昇と月経周期の長さのモニタリング.
主要な成果:
- 葉っぱ期末期の化合物は,受容体におけるルテイン化ホルモンの急増を加速し,周期を短縮した.
- 排卵期の化合物は,受精者のルテイン化ホルモンの急増を遅らせ,周期を延長しました.
- これらの効果は,意識的な匂い検知なしで発生しました.
結論:
- 人間のフェロモンの存在を支持する決定的な証拠が提示されています.
- 人間のフェロモンは,生殖神経内分泌のタイミングを明らかに操作することができます.
- この研究は,生殖生理学に影響を与えるヒトの化学信号の概念を検証しています.
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