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ArticleNature communications2026

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 and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Irene Z RossiMIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France. irene.rossi@ird.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-7584-8634
Cécile Cassan *MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France.
Johannes W Bagnoli *MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0393-6157
Sümeyye ÖzhanInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR2000, Insect Infection & Immunity Unit, Paris, France.ORCID 0009-0007-0139-2041
Adeline ValenteMIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France.
Quentin J DelormeMIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0009-0003-3515-7489
Geert-Jan van GemertDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Chiara AndolinaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Wouter GraumansDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Richárd BártfaiDepartment of Molecular Biology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8460-6477
Avinash R ShenoyDepartment of Infectious Disease, Imperial College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6228-9303
David CarrascoMIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France.
Emmanuel PerisseInstitute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Inserm, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0830-0687
Teun BousemaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2666-094X
Sarah H MerklingInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR2000, Insect Infection & Immunity Unit, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6823-4474
Anna CohuetMIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France. anna.cohuet@ird.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-1876-5656
Arthur M TalmanMIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS, Montpellier, France. arthur.talman@ird.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-2584-3672

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-11-LABX-0024Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (Foundation for Medical Research in France) FDT202404018268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood feeding in Anopheles mosquitoes is at the root of all malaria infections in humans and is supported by a range of physiological and behavioral adaptations. Since behavior is orchestrated at the level of the central nervous system, we surveyed the cellular diversity and spatial organization of the female Anopheles gambiae brain and compared it to other insect species. We then describe transcriptional changes associated with mosquito life history events with single brain and single-cell RNA sequencing. We did not identify expansion of specific cell populations, but a modulation of neurotransmission in the mated mosquitoes, and a metabolic and immune response associated with glia, Kenyon cells and immune cells after bloodmeal, and detected signatures of aging in the mosquito brain. We did not find an effect of Plasmodium falciparum infection. Our atlas will empower the study of non-model insect neurobiology, neural basis of vector behavior, and mechanisms underlying malaria transmission.

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AnophelesBrainMosquito VectorsAnimalsFemalePlasmodium falciparumSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression Analysis

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PMID42897131
PMCPMC13680466

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