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

Ethnopharmacological relevance Nepeta is a multiregional genus of the
“Lamiaceae”(Labiatae or Mint) family. Species of Nepeta are a valuable part of traditional …

Female mosquitoes of some species are generalists and will blood-feed on a variety of
vertebrate hosts, whereas others display marked host preference. Anopheles gambiae and …

West Nile virus, which is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes while feeding on birds and
humans, has emerged as the dominant vector borne disease in North America. We have …

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 …

Plant species have long been regarded as possessing the principal ingredients used in
widely disseminated ethnomedical practices. Different surveys showed that medicinal plant …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are gaseous chemicals found in ambient air and
exhaled breath. In particular, highly reactive aldehydes are frequently found in polluted air …

3.6. Phytotoxic Activity 3.7. Spasmolytic and Bronchodilatory Activities 3.8. Anti-
Atherosclerotic Activity 3.9. Vasorelaxant and Platelet-Aggregation Activity 3.10. Feline …

The simplicity and accessibility of the olfactory systems of insects underlie a body of
research essential to understanding not only olfactory function but also general principles of …

Female mosquitoes that transmit deadly diseases locate human hosts by detecting exhaled
CO 2 and skin odor. The identities of olfactory neurons and receptors required for attraction …