Smell You Later: Exposure to Smells in Early Infancy can Modulate Adult Behavior (IMAGE)

University of Fukui

Smell You Later: Exposure to Smells in Early Infancy can Modulate Adult Behavior

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Olfactory or smell-based imprinting is known to affect adulthood odor perception and behavior, but how does this happen? Scientists from Japan have now uncovered the molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon.

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Hirofumi Nishizumi from University of Fukui

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