The brain of the female Anopheles gambiae mosquito at spatial and single-cell resolution
Irene Z Rossi, Cécile Cassan, Johannes W Bagnoli, Sümeyye Özhan, Adeline Valente, Quentin J Delorme, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Chiara Andolina, Wouter Graumans, Richárd Bártfai, Avinash R Shenoy, David Carrasco, Emmanuel Perisse, Teun Bousema, Sarah H Merkling, Anna Cohuet, Arthur M Talman · 2026
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Description
Irene Rossi and a large team of colleagues build a cellular atlas of the female malaria mosquito's brain. Blood feeding by Anopheles gambiae starts every malaria infection, and behavior is orchestrated by the brain. Combining spatial mapping with single-cell RNA sequencing, they catalog the brain's cell diversity and compare it with other insects.
Rather than expanding particular cell populations after life events, the brain modulates neurotransmission when females mate. After a blood meal, glia, memory-related Kenyon cells, and immune cells mount metabolic and immune responses. Aging signatures also appear in the brain. Infection with the malaria parasite itself left no detected effect. The atlas is offered as a resource for studying vector behavior and transmission.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Irene Z Rossi, Cécile Cassan, Johannes W Bagnoli, Sümeyye Özhan, Adeline Valente, Quentin J Delorme, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Chiara Andolina, Wouter Graumans, Richárd Bártfai, Avinash R Shenoy, David Carrasco, Emmanuel Perisse, Teun Bousema, Sarah H Merkling, Anna Cohuet, Arthur M Talman |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 82 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |