Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus
Carbon dioxide is generally recognized as an important cue used by haematophagous insects to locate a food source. When the mammalian hosts of these insects breathe, they normally emanate considerable amounts of CO 2 at discrete intervals, i.e. with each exhalation. In this work, we analysed the eff...
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paper:paper_03407594_v192_n8_p827_Barrozo2023-06-08T15:34:21Z Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus Blood-sucking insects Carbon dioxide Pulses Triatomines carbon dioxide animal animal behavior article chemotaxis comparative study drug effect electrostimulation feeding behavior host parasite interaction locomotion motor activity orientation physiology radiation exposure radiation response Triatoma Animals Behavior, Animal Carbon Dioxide Chemotaxis Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation Electric Stimulation Feeding Behavior Host-Parasite Relations Locomotion Motor Activity Orientation Triatoma Carbon dioxide is generally recognized as an important cue used by haematophagous insects to locate a food source. When the mammalian hosts of these insects breathe, they normally emanate considerable amounts of CO 2 at discrete intervals, i.e. with each exhalation. In this work, we analysed the effect of temporally pulsing CO2 on the host-seeking behaviour of Triatoma infestans. We investigated the ability of T. infestans to follow continuous and intermittent air pulses of 0.25, 0.5 and 1 Hz that included different concentrations of CO2. We found that insects were attracted to pulsed airstreams of 0.25 and 0.5 Hz transporting 400 ppm of CO2 above the ambient levels and to continuous streams added with the same amount of CO2. On the other hand, insects walked away from streams pulsed at rates of 1 Hz regardless of the amount of CO2 they bear. The walking trajectories displayed by bugs to attractive CO 2-pulsed streams were as rectilinear and accurate as those to CO 2-continuous streams. Our results are discussed in the frame of the interaction between olfactory and mechanoreceptive inputs as affecting the behavioural response of bugs. © Springer-Verlag 2006. 2006 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03407594_v192_n8_p827_Barrozo http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03407594_v192_n8_p827_Barrozo |
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Blood-sucking insects Carbon dioxide Pulses Triatomines carbon dioxide animal animal behavior article chemotaxis comparative study drug effect electrostimulation feeding behavior host parasite interaction locomotion motor activity orientation physiology radiation exposure radiation response Triatoma Animals Behavior, Animal Carbon Dioxide Chemotaxis Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation Electric Stimulation Feeding Behavior Host-Parasite Relations Locomotion Motor Activity Orientation Triatoma |
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Blood-sucking insects Carbon dioxide Pulses Triatomines carbon dioxide animal animal behavior article chemotaxis comparative study drug effect electrostimulation feeding behavior host parasite interaction locomotion motor activity orientation physiology radiation exposure radiation response Triatoma Animals Behavior, Animal Carbon Dioxide Chemotaxis Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation Electric Stimulation Feeding Behavior Host-Parasite Relations Locomotion Motor Activity Orientation Triatoma Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus |
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Blood-sucking insects Carbon dioxide Pulses Triatomines carbon dioxide animal animal behavior article chemotaxis comparative study drug effect electrostimulation feeding behavior host parasite interaction locomotion motor activity orientation physiology radiation exposure radiation response Triatoma Animals Behavior, Animal Carbon Dioxide Chemotaxis Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation Electric Stimulation Feeding Behavior Host-Parasite Relations Locomotion Motor Activity Orientation Triatoma |
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Carbon dioxide is generally recognized as an important cue used by haematophagous insects to locate a food source. When the mammalian hosts of these insects breathe, they normally emanate considerable amounts of CO 2 at discrete intervals, i.e. with each exhalation. In this work, we analysed the effect of temporally pulsing CO2 on the host-seeking behaviour of Triatoma infestans. We investigated the ability of T. infestans to follow continuous and intermittent air pulses of 0.25, 0.5 and 1 Hz that included different concentrations of CO2. We found that insects were attracted to pulsed airstreams of 0.25 and 0.5 Hz transporting 400 ppm of CO2 above the ambient levels and to continuous streams added with the same amount of CO2. On the other hand, insects walked away from streams pulsed at rates of 1 Hz regardless of the amount of CO2 they bear. The walking trajectories displayed by bugs to attractive CO 2-pulsed streams were as rectilinear and accurate as those to CO 2-continuous streams. Our results are discussed in the frame of the interaction between olfactory and mechanoreceptive inputs as affecting the behavioural response of bugs. © Springer-Verlag 2006. |
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Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus |
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Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus |
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Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus |
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Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus |
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Orientation response of haematophagous bugs to CO2: The effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus |
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orientation response of haematophagous bugs to co2: the effect of the temporal structure of the stimulus |
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2006 |
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