Odor blocking of stress hormone responses

Abstract Scents have been employed for millennia to allay stress, but whether or how they might do so is largely unknown. Fear and stress induce increases in blood stress hormones controlled by hypothalamic corticotropin releasing hormone neurons (CRHNs). Here, we report that two common odorants blo...

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Main Authors: Eun Jeong Lee, Luis R. Saraiva, Naresh K. Hanchate, Xiaolan Ye, Gregory Asher, Jonathan Ho, Linda B. Buck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12663-x