The sense of smell enables insects to recognize and discriminate a broad range of volatile
chemicals in their environment originating from prey, host plants and conspecifics. These …

Neuroethology utilizes a wide range of multidisciplinary approaches to decipher neural
correlates of natural behaviors associated with an animal's ecological niche. By placing …

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are a persistent human foe, transmitting arboviruses including
dengue when they feed on human blood. Mosquitoes are intensely attracted to body odor …

Accumulation of pathological tau protein is a major hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Tau
protein spreads from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampal region early in the disease …

The olfactory system must recognize and discriminate amongst an enormous variety of
chemicals in the environment. To contend with such diversity, insects have evolved a family …

The hemibrain connectome provides large-scale connectivity and morphology information
for the majority of the central brain of Drosophila melanogaster. Using this data set, we …

Ants exhibit cooperative behaviors and advanced forms of sociality that depend on
pheromone-mediated communication. Odorant receptor neurons (ORNs) express specific …

Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) mediate neuronal communication at synapses
throughout vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems. We have characterized a family of …

Although eusociality evolved independently within several orders of insects, research into
the molecular underpinnings of the transition towards social complexity has been confined …

The human nose is often considered something of a luxury, but in the rest of the animal
world, from bacteria to mammals, detecting chemicals in the environment has been critical to …