Publications by authors named "Masakazu Shinto"
Chem Senses
September 2009
Article Synopsis
- Anadromous Pacific salmon imprint on odors from their birth streams during migration and use their sense of smell to navigate home.
- The development and structure of the olfactory organ, crucial for this imprinting, were studied in chum salmon, specifically looking at changes in olfactory lamellae and olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) from alevin to maturity.
- The research found that the number of lamellae increased significantly during early development and that the number of ORNs grows dramatically from about 180,000 in fry to 14.2 million in mature salmon, demonstrating a relationship between body size and olfactory neuron quantity throughout their life cycle.
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