# Pheromones And Urine: Why It Takes Two To Tango

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-urine-why-it-takes-two-to-tango/62541>\
**Category:** Pheromone Theory & Molecules\
**Created:** [July 31, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-urine-why-it-takes-two-to-tango/62541 "2014-07-31T20:42:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![CelticPrince](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/celticprince/32/397_2.png) [@CelticPrince](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/CelticPrince)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-urine-why-it-takes-two-to-tango/62541/1 "2014-07-31T20:42:26Z")

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Below is a link to a recent article about some new research into [pheromone](https://a314.com/) receptors. Interesting.

[Pheromones And Urine: Why It Takes Two To Court](http://www.science20.com/news_articles/pheromones_and_urine_why_it_takes_two_to_court-141311)

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**Author:** ![monesmadedoit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/monesmadedoit/32/325_2.png) [@monesmadedoit](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/monesmadedoit)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-urine-why-it-takes-two-to-tango/62541/2 "2014-07-31T21:58:03Z")

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“Humans no longer have a functional vomeronasal system…”

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**Author:** ![CelticPrince](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/celticprince/32/397_2.png) [@CelticPrince](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/CelticPrince)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-urine-why-it-takes-two-to-tango/62541/3 "2014-07-31T22:01:54Z")

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> [@monesmadedoit](#):
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> “Humans no longer have a functional vomeronasal system…”

Yet…pheros still work…hmmmm…

Must be another pathway…🆒

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**Author:** ![monesmadedoit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/monesmadedoit/32/325_2.png) [@monesmadedoit](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/monesmadedoit)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/pheromones-and-urine-why-it-takes-two-to-tango/62541/4 "2014-07-31T22:05:43Z")

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Androsterone is a neurosteroid ligand that binds in the _brain_ to receptors, producing sedation; no such ligand/receptor pairs are expressed in human olfactory epithelium (nose), although hundreds of receptors for the musk _smell_ of [pheromones](https://a314.com/shop/) are.