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Publications

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Publications: Publications

27.   Wolff, G. H., Lahondère, C., Vinauger, C., Rylance, E., & Riffell, J. A. (2023). Neuromodulation and differential learning across mosquito species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 290:20222118.

26.    Wynne*, N. E., Chandrasegaran, K., Fryzlewicz**, L., & Vinauger, C. (2022). Visual threats reduce blood-feeding and trigger escape responses in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Scientific Reports 12, 21354.

25.    Benoit, J. B., & Vinauger, C. (2022). Chapter 32: Chronobiology of blood-feeding arthropods: influences on their role as disease vectors. In Sensory ecology of disease vectors (pp. 815-849). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

24.    Lazzari, C. R., & Vinauger, C. (2022). Chapter 31: Modulation of host-seeking behaviour in kissing bugs. In Sensory ecology of disease vectors (pp. 801-813). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

23.    Ajayi*, O.M., Marlman, J.M., Gleitz, L.A., Smith, E.S., Piller, B.D., Krupa, J.A., Vinauger, C. & Benoit, J.B., 2022. Behavioral and postural analyses establish sleep-like states for mosquitoes that can impact host landing and blood feeding. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(11), p.jeb244032.

22.    Reinhold*, J. M., Chandrasegaran, K., Oker*, H., Crespo, J. E., Vinauger, C., & Lahondère, C. (2022). Species-Specificity in Thermopreference and CO2-Gated Heat-Seeking in Culex Mosquitoes. Insects, 13(1), 92.

21.    Walker*, M., Chandrasegaran, K., Vinauger, C., Robert, M., & Childs, L. M. (2021). Modeling the effects of Aedes aegypti's larval environment on adult body mass at emergence. bioRxiv.

20.    Ajayi*, O. M., Eilerts*, D. F., Bailey*, S. T., Vinauger, C., & Benoit, J. B. (2020). Do Mosquitoes Sleep?. Trends in Parasitology. 31(11): 888-897.

19.    Chandrasegaran, K., Lahondère, C., Escobar, L. E., & Vinauger, C. (2020). Linking mosquito ecology, traits, behavior, and disease transmission. Trends in Parasitology, 36(4), 393-403.

18.    Wynne*, N. E., Lorenzo, M. G., & Vinauger, C. (2020). Mechanism and plasticity of vectors’ host-seeking behavior. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 40, 1-5.

17.    Wolff, G.H., Lahondère, C., Vinauger, C. & Riffell, J.A. (2019). Neuromodulation and Differential Learning Across Mosquito Species. BioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/755017.

16.    Lahondère, C., Vinauger, C., Okubo*, R.P., Wolff, G.H., Chan*, J.K., Akbari, O.S., & Riffell, J.A. (2019). The olfactory basis of orchid pollination by mosquitoes. PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910589117.

15.     Vinauger, C., Van Breugel, F., Locke**, L.T.,  Tobin**, K.S.,  Dickinson, M.H., Fairhall, A., Akbari, O.S. & Riffell, J.A. (2019). Visual-olfactory integration in the human disease vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Current Biology, 29, pp 2509-2516.

14.     Vinauger, C. (2019). Vector cognition and neurobiology. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 34, pp 68-72.

13.     Eilerts*, D.F.,  VanderGiessen**, M., Bose**, E.A., Broxton**, K. & Vinauger, C. (2018). Odor-Specific Daily Rhythms in the Olfactory Sensitivity and Behavior of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Insects, 9, 147.

12.    Vinauger, C., Lahondère, C., Wolff, G.H., Locke**, L.T., Liaw**, J.E., Parrish, J.Z., Akbari, O.S., Dickinson, M.H. & Riffell, J.A. (2018). Modulation of host learning in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Current Biology, 28, pp.1-12.

11.    Rusch*, C., Roth, E., Vinauger, C.,  & Riffell J.A. (2017) Honeybees in a virtual reality environment learn unique combinations of colour and shape. Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb. 164731

10.   Lutz*, E., Lahondere, C., Vinauger, C. & Riffell, J.A. (2017) Olfactory learning and chemical ecology of olfaction in disease vector mosquitoes: A life history perspective. Invited contribution for Current Opinion in Insect Science 20, 75-83

9.     Vinauger, C., Lahondere, C., Cohuet, A., Lazzari, C.R., & Riffell, J.A. (2016) Learning and memory in disease vector insects. Trends in Parasitology 32(10): 761-771

8.     Vinauger, C. & Lazzari, C.R. (2015) Circadian modulation of learning abilities in a disease vector insect, Rhodnius prolixus. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 3110-3117 1/7

7.     Vinauger, C., Lutz**, E. & Riffell, J.A. (2014) Learning and memory in the disease vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2321-2330

6.     Vinauger, C., Lallement, H. & Lazzari, C.R. (2013) Learning and memory in Rhodnius prolixus: habituation and aversive operant conditioning of the proboscis extension response (PER). Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 892-900

5.     Vinauger, C., Pereira, M.H. & Lazzari, C.R. (2012) Learned host preference in a Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus. Acta Tropica 122: 24-28

4.     Vinauger, C., Buratti**, L. & Lazzari, C.R. (2011) Learning the way to blood: first evidence of dual olfactory conditioning in a bloodsucking insect, Rhodnius prolixus. II. Aversive learning. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 3039-3045

3.     Vinauger, C., Buratti**, L. & Lazzari, C.R. (2011) Learning the way to blood: first evidence of dual olfactory conditioning in a bloodsucking insect, Rhodnius prolixus. I. Appetitive learning. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 3032-3038 (selected and evaluated by the Faculty of 1000: http://f1000.com/13294002)

2.     Bodin, A., Vinauger, C. & Lazzari, C.R. (2009) Behavioural and physiological state dependency of host seeking in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 2386-2393

1.     Bodin, A., Vinauger, C. & Lazzari, C.R. (2009) State-dependency of host-seeking in Rhodnius prolixus: The post-ecdysis time. Journal of Insect Physiology 55: 574-579

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