Neurobiology
- Olfaction, experience and neural mechanisms underlying mosquito host preference
Summary: This Review discusses the environmental, neurobiological and genetic factors driving extreme host preference diversity and plasticity among the Culicidae, both within the life history of a mosquito and across evolutionary time-scales.
- The predator and prey behaviors of crabs: from ecology to neural adaptations
Summary: We discuss a microcircuit of crab giant neurons, identified based on combined field and laboratory studies, which are involved in controlling naturally occurring prey and predator behaviors.
- The defensive response of the honeybee Apis mellifera
Summary: Honeybees exhibit an efficient organization to defend their nest against a variety of intruders. We review the mechanisms of this defensive behaviour and highlight its plasticity at the individual and colony levels.
- Pain in aquatic animals
Summary: This review discusses how aquatic animals may differ in their neurobiological and behavioural responses to injurious stimuli compared with terrestrial animals, which has interesting implications for the evolution of pain.