Parasite-altered feeding behavior in insects: integrating functional and mechanistic research frontiers

Nectar chemistry mediates the behavior of parasitized bees: consequences for plant fitness

(2016) Leif L. Richardson et al.   ECOLOGY

The parasitic waspCotesia congregatauses multiple mechanisms to control host (Manduca sexta) behaviour

(2016) Shelley A. Adamo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Altered nutrient intake by baculovirus-challenged insects: Self-medication or compensatory feeding?

(2016) Ikkei Shikano et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Host nutritional status mediates degree of parasitoid virulence

(2016) Fanny Maure et al.   OIKOS

Plant-Mediated Effects on Mosquito Capacity to Transmit Human Malaria

(2016) Domonbabele F. d. S. Hien et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Manipulation of hosts and vectors by plant viruses and impact of the environment

(2016) Stéphane Blanc et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Parasites modulate within-colony activity and accelerate the temporal polyethism schedule of a social insect, the honey bee

(2015) Myrsini E. Natsopoulou et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Ants medicate to fight disease

(2015) Nick Bos et al.   EVOLUTION

Nosema ceranaealters a highly conserved hormonal stress pathway in honeybees

(2015) C. Mayack et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Host manipulation by an ichneumonid spider ectoparasitoid that takes advantage of preprogrammed web-building behaviour for its cocoon protection

(2015) K. Takasuka et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumblebees

(2015) L. L. Richardson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Self-medication in insects: current evidence and future perspectives

(2014) JESSICA ABBOTT   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Arranging the bouquet of disease: floral traits and the transmission of plant and animal pathogens

(2014) Scott H. McArt et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecological Immunology Mediated by Diet in Herbivorous Insects

(2014) M. S. Singer et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

From Behavior to Mechanisms: An Integrative Approach to the Manipulation by a Parasitic Fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l.) of Its Host Ants (Camponotus spp.)

(2014) C. de Bekker et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Virus infection alters the predatory behavior of an omnivorous vector

(2014) Candice A. Stafford-Banks et al.   OIKOS

Secretion of Antonospora (Paranosema) locustae Proteins into Infected Cells Suggests an Active Role of Microsporidia in the Control of Host Programs and Metabolic Processes

(2014) Igor V. Senderskiy et al.   PLoS One

Defensive symbiosis in the real world - advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

(2013) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Dynamics of macronutrient self-medication and illness-induced anorexia in virally infected insects

(2013) Sonia Povey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Fruit Flies Medicate Offspring After Seeing Parasites

(2013) B. Z. Kacsoh et al.   SCIENCE

Self-Medication in Animals

(2013) J. C. de Roode et al.   SCIENCE

Alcohol Consumption as Self-Medication against Blood-Borne Parasites in the Fruit Fly

(2012) Neil F. Milan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Parasite-induced alterations of sensorimotor pathways in gammarids: collateral damage of neuroinflammation?

(2012) S. Helluy   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Parasites: evolution's neurobiologists

(2012) S. A. Adamo   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Integrating nutrition and immunology: A new frontier

(2012) Fleur Ponton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Increased Resin Collection after Parasite Challenge: A Case of Self-Medication in Honey Bees?

(2012) Michael D. Simone-Finstrom et al.   PLoS One

More than two decades of research on insect neuropeptide GPCRs: an overview

(2012) Jelle Caers et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Interactions between environmental variables determine immunity in the Indian meal mothPlodia interpunctella

(2011) Alison Triggs et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Infection with a plant virus modifies vector feeding behavior

(2011) C. A. Stafford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Gene for an Extended Phenotype

(2011) K. Hoover et al.   SCIENCE

Running with the Red Queen: Host-Parasite Coevolution Selects for Biparental Sex

(2011) L. T. Morran et al.   SCIENCE

Nutritional Immunology: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

(2011) Fleur Ponton et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Leucokinin Pathway and Its Neurons Regulate Meal Size in Drosophila

(2010) Bader Al-Anzi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evidence for trans-generational medication in nature

(2010) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Macronutrient balance mediates trade-offs between immune function and life history traits

(2010) Sheena C. Cotter et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hosts use altered macronutrient intake to circumvent parasite-induced reduction in fecundity

(2010) Fleur Ponton et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Illness-induced anorexia may reduce trade-offs between digestion and immune function

(2009) Shelley A. Adamo et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Why should an immune response activate the stress response? Insights from the insects (the cricket Gryllus texensis)

(2009) S.A. Adamo   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Nutritional PharmEcology: Doses, nutrients, toxins, and medicines

(2009) D. Raubenheimer et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Neuroimmunoendocrine Modulation in the Host by Helminth Parasites: A Novel Form of Host-Parasite Coevolution?

(2009) Galileo Escobedo et al.   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

Self-Medication as Adaptive Plasticity: Increased Ingestion of Plant Toxins by Parasitized Caterpillars

(2009) Michael S. Singer et al.   PLoS One

Insect Herbivore Nutrient Regulation

(2008) Spencer T. Behmer   Annual Review of Entomology

Manipulation of Host Behavior by Parasitic Insects and Insect Parasites

(2008) Frederic Libersat et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Extended Phenotype: Nematodes Turn Ants into Bird-Dispersed Fruits

(2008) D.P. Hughes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect

(2008) K. P. Lee et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Neuropeptides associated with the regulation of feeding in insects

(2008) N. Audsley et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Can the protein costs of bacterial resistance be offset by altered feeding behaviour?

(2008) Sonia Povey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Competition between immune function and lipid transport for the protein apolipophorin III leads to stress-induced immunosuppression in crickets

(2008) S. A. Adamo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The ecological significance of manipulative parasites

(2008) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Exploiting host compensatory responses: the ‘must’ of manipulation?

(2008) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY