Olfactory systems across mosquito species

M Wheelwright, CR Whittle, O Riabinina - Cell and Tissue Research, 2021 - Springer
There are 3559 species of mosquitoes in the world (Harbach 2018) but, so far, only a
handful of them have been a focus of olfactory neuroscience and neurobiology research …

Olfaction in Anopheles mosquitoes

JK Konopka, D Task, A Afify, J Raji, K Deibel… - Chemical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
As vectors of disease, mosquitoes are a global threat to human health. The Anopheles
mosquito is the deadliest mosquito species as the insect vector of the malaria-causing …

Mutagenesis of the orco odorant receptor co-receptor impairs olfactory function in the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii

H Sun, F Liu, Z Ye, A Baker, LJ Zwiebel - Insect biochemistry and molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes rely heavily on their olfactory systems for host seeking, selection of oviposition
sites, and avoiding predators and other environmental dangers. Of these behaviors, the …

Discrete roles of Ir76b ionotropic coreceptor impact olfaction, blood feeding, and mating in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles coluzzii

Z Ye, F Liu, H Sun, ST Ferguson… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Anopheline mosquitoes rely on their highly sensitive chemosensory apparatus to detect
diverse chemical stimuli that drive the host-seeking and blood-feeding behaviors required to …

昆虫单个感觉器记录技术研究进展.

唐加菜, 魏成梅, 赵婧, 严乃胜… - Yingyong Shengtai …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
摘要单感器记录技术是一种昆虫细胞外电生理技术, 可以测量昆虫单个感受器对刺激物的电生理
反应. 该技术有助于探明昆虫嗅觉和味觉感受器对不同信息化合物的电生理响应机制 …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging and spectral analysis of autofluorescence distribution in larval head structures of mosquito vectors

F Scolari, A Girella, AC Croce - European Journal of Histochemistry …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Autofluorescence (AF) in mosquitoes is currently poorly explored, despite its great potential
for investigation of body structures and biological functions. Here, for the first time AF in …

SSSort 2.0: A semi-automated spike detection and sorting system for single sensillum recordings

L Ellison, G Raiser, A Garrido-Peña, G Kemenes… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background: Single-sensillum recordings are a valuable tool for sensory research which, by
their nature, access extra-cellular signals typically reflecting the combined activity of several …

Discrete Roles of the Ir76b Ionotropic Co-Receptor Impact Olfaction, Blood Feeding, and Mating in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles coluzzii

Z Ye, F Liu, H Sun, A Baker, LJ Zwiebel - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Anopheline mosquitoes rely on their highly sensitive chemosensory apparatus to detect
diverse chemical stimuli that drive the host-seeking and blood-feeding behaviors required to …

Examining Peripheral Electrophysiological Responses of the Larval Antennal Sensory Cone of Anopheles coluzzii to Volatile Odorants

F Liu, H Sun, LJ Zwiebel - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
Anopheline larvae rely on their antennae to respond to a complex suite of stimuli with which
they navigate their aquatic environment, search for food, and avoid predators and pollution …

Physiological and Behavioral Characterization of Larval Olfaction in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles coluzzii

F Liu, H Sun, LJ Zwiebel - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
When viewed from both academic and vector-control perspectives, the chemosensory
biology of larval-stage anopheline mosquitoes is both enigmatic and paradoxical. As is true …