Research Publications
Non-canonical odor coding in the mosquito.
Herre M.*, Goldman O.V.*, Lu T-C., Caballero-Vidal G., Qi Y., Gilbert Z.N., Gong Z., Morita T., Rahiel S., Ghaninia M., Ignell R., Matthews B.J., Li H., Vosshall L.B, Younger M.A.*. Cell (2022) bioRxiv (2020; 2022) (*denotes equal contribution)
Featured in “Best of Cell 2022” by CellPress.
Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking.
Zhao Z, Zung JL, Hinze A, Kriete AL, Iqbal A, Younger MA, Matthews BJ, Merhof D, Thiberge S, Ignell R, Strauch M, McBride CS. Nature (2022) bioRxiv (2020).
PMID: 35508661
The ion channel ppk301 controls freshwater egg-laying in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
Matthews BJ*, Younger MA*, Vosshall LB. eLife (2019) bioRxiv (2018). (*denotes equal contribution)
PMID: 31112133
(Image from Insight Article by W Daniel Tracey)
Composition and control of a Deg/ENaC channel during presynaptic homeostatic plasticity.
Orr BO, Gorczyca D, Younger MA, Jan LY, Jan YN, Davis GW. Cell Reports (2017)
PMID: 28834749
A presynaptic ENaC channel drives homeostatic plasticity.
Younger MA, Mueller M, Tong A, Pym EC, Davis GW. Neuron (2013).
PMID: 23973209
Distinct visual pathways mediate larval light avoidance and circadian clock entrainment.
Keene AC, Mazzoni EO, Zhen J, Younger MA, Yamaguchi S, Blau J, Desplan C, Sprecher SG. J Neurosci (2011)
PMID: 21525293
Potent Block of Cx36 and Cx50 gap junction channels by mefloquine.
Cruikshank SJ, Hopperstad M, Younger M, Connors BW, Spray DC, Srinivas M. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2004).
PMID: 15297615
Review Articles and Book Chapters
Prospects on non-canonical olfaction in the mosquito and other organisms: why co-express?
Fernández-Chiappe F, Ocker G, Younger MA. Current Opinion in Insect Science, (2024).
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101291
Dietary diversity, sociality, and the evolution of ant gustation.
Smith EJ, Vizueta J, Younger MA, Mullen SP, Traniello JFA. Front. Ecol. Evol., (2023).
Introduction to Techniques Used to Study Mosquito Neuroanatomy and Neural Circuitry
Guerina TV, Patkar AP, Younger MA.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc; doi:10.1101/pdb.top108305
Whole-Mount Immunofluorescent Labeling of the Mosquito Central Nervous System
Younger MA.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot108336
Dextran Amine–Conjugated Neural Tracing in Mosquitoes
Younger MA.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot108337