Gustatory receptor neuron responds to DEET and other insect repellents in the yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-273

  Sanford, Jillian L ^a,b   Shields, Vonnie D C ^b   Dickens, Joseph C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; DEET; Feeding deterrent; Gustatory receptor neuron; Insect repellent; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

AMPLITUDE; ARTHROPOD; DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; NEUROLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SALT; SUCROSE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; INSECT REPELLENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876286551     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1021-x     Document Type: Article

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