How the mosquito’s carbon dioxide sense gets an internal boost
Mosquitoes use CO2 as a critical cue to sense if humans are nearby. A new study in PLOS Biology reveals that CO2-sensing neurons in mosquitoes can amplify each other's signals, creating a neural echo chamber that may explain the remarkable sensitivity of mosquitoes to human presence.
Authors
- Chih‐Ying Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0005-1890)
Institutions
- University of California San Diego (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Biology
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003958
- Primary Topic
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00