title: Insect olfaction from model systems to disease control.
abstract: Great progress has been made in the field of insect olfaction in recent years. Receptors, neurons, and circuits have been defined in considerable detail, and the mechanisms by which they detect, encode, and process sensory stimuli are being unraveled. We provide a guide to recent progress in the field, with special attention to advances made in the genetic model organism Drosophila. We highlight key questions that merit additional investigation. We then present our view of how recent advances may be applied to the control of disease-carrying insects such as mosquitoes, which transmit disease to hundreds of millions of people each year. We suggest how progress in defining the basic mechanisms of insect olfaction may lead to means of disrupting host-seeking and other olfactory behaviors, thereby reducing the transmission of deadly diseases.
authors: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA.
authors: Allison F
authors: AF
authors: Carey
authors: John R
authors: JR
authors: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057506:Arthropod Antennae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D017053:Infection Control; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009812:Odorants; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D018035:Receptors, Odorant / Q000378:metabolism; D058618:Sensilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018035:Receptors, Odorant