Date of Award
7-11-2015
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.Sc.
Department
Biological Sciences
Keywords
Chinook salmon, glomerular patterning, neural development, olfactory bulb, olfactory sensory neurons
Supervisor
Zielinski, Barbara
Supervisor
Pitcher, Trevor
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Axon terminals of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) aggregate into glomeruli, functional units of odour discrimination within the olfactory bulb. Glomerular patterning facilitates assessment of olfactory stimulation-induced changes to neural circuitry. Contemporary studies indicate Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) alevin imprint to olfactory cues, purportedly amino acids, prior to emergence. In this study, OSNs were labelled against keyhole limpet hemocyanin to characterize the development of glomerular territories from hatch to emergence, focusing on calretinin-immunoreactive OSNs. Glomerular territories were distinguishable at hatch, and showed expansion and moderate refinement with maturation into emergent fry. Calretinin-immunoreactive OSNs innervated the dorsolateral and lateral glomerular territories, and four lateral glomeruli, lG1, lG2, lG3/4, and lG6. Neither amino acid exposure nor somatic growth influenced glomerular volume of one glomerulus, lG1. The establishment of glomerular territories at hatch infers a functional olfactory system, but a sensitive stage for visible effects of olfactory experience on glomerular volume requires further investigation.
Recommended Citation
Ochs, Courtney Lucy, "Ontogeny of glomerular territory patterning in the olfactory bulb of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and exploring for potential effects of sensory experience on glomerular development" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5319.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5319