ReviewInsects2013
Grooming Behavior as a Mechanism of Insect Disease Defense.
Review in Insects, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.
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60 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Behavioral disruption in honey bees (Apis mellifera) exposed to isolated and combined insecticides.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Centralized brain networks controlling antennal grooming coordination.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Multilevel variation in pathogen susceptibility and grooming behavior in ant societies.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2026Article
- Trade-offs in insect eye nanocoatings: implications for vision, ecology, and climate sensitivity.EMBO reports · 2026Article
- Long-term exposure to extreme illumination regimes alters behavioral responses to light in the cockroach, Periplaneta americana L.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Article
- Smart Bio-Nanocoatings with Simple Post-Synthesis Reversible Adjustment.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Carry-over non-consumptive effects: impact of parasite exposure during larval stage on adult phenotype.Parasitology · 2025Article
- Capturing continuous, long timescale behavioral changes in Drosophila melanogaster postural data.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Colony defence in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).PloS one · 2025Article
- Social organization of necrophoresis: insights into disease risk management in ant societies.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Volatile Semiochemicals Emitted byJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Altered Grooming Cycles in Transgenic Drosophila.Behavior genetics · 2024Article
- Do They Know What They Are Doing? Cognitive Aspects of Rescue Behaviour Directed by Workers of the Red Wood AntLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Functional morphology of cleaning devices in the damselflyBeilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2024Article
- Subterranean termites raise the alarm when their anti-fungal weapon falters.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2023Article
- Microbiology of the built environment: harnessing human-associated built environment research to inform the study and design of animal nests and enclosures.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2023Review
- Sterilized Anopheles funestus can autodisseminate sufficient pyriproxyfen to the breeding habitat under semi-field settings.Malaria journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Grooming is a well-recognized, multipurpose, behavior in arthropods and vertebrates. In this paper, we review the literature to highlight the physical function, neurophysiological mechanisms, and role that grooming plays in insect defense against pathogenic infection. The intricate relationships between the physical, neurological and immunological mechanisms of grooming are discussed to illustrate the importance of this behavior when examining the ecology of insect-pathogen interactions.
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