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Old person smell

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published a press release claiming that the human ability to identify information such as age, illness, and genetic suitability from odor is responsible for the distinctive "old man smell". Sensory neuroscientist Johan Lundström stated, "Elderly people have a discernible underarm odor that younger
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process. Research suggests that this enables humans to determine the suitability of potential partners based on age, in addition to other factors.
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of elderly humans. Like many other animal species, human odor undergoes distinct stages based on chemical changes initiated through the
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Gallagher, M.; Wysocki, C.J.; Leyden, J.J.; Spielman, A.I.; Sun, X.; Preti, G. (October 2008).
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on older subjects. There are also other hypotheses, such as change of the monounsaturated
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Haze, S.; Gozu, Y.; Nakamura, S.; Kohno, Y.; Sawano, K.; Ohta, H.; Yamazaki, K. (2001).
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Stücker, M.; Struk, A.; Altmeyer, P.; Herde, M.; Baumgärtl, H.; Lübbers, D. W. (2002).
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Mitro, Susanna; Gordon, Amy R.; Olsson, Mats J.; Lundström, Johan N. (30 May 2012).
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people consider to be fairly neutral and not very unpleasant."
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One study suggested that old person smell may be the result of
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composition of skin surface lipids and the increase of
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Index

Old Person Smell
odor
aging
2-nonenal
unsaturated
aldehyde
body odor
aging
benzothiazole
dimethylsulphone
nonanal
fatty acid
lipid peroxides
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Aging of Japan
personal grooming
Body odor
Halitosis (bad breath)
"'Old-Person Smell' Really Exists, Scientists Say"
Archived
"The Smell of Age: Perception and Discrimination of Body Odors of Different Ages"
Bibcode
2012PLoSO...738110M
doi
10.1371/journal.pone.0038110
PMC
3364187
PMID
22666457
"2-Nonenal Newly Found in Human Body Odor Tends to Increase with Aging"

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