{"id":228753,"date":"2026-01-10T21:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/3d-imaging-uncovers-mosquitos-specialized-neurons-for-detecting-carbon-dioxide"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:57:02","slug":"3d-imaging-uncovers-mosquitos-specialized-neurons-for-detecting-carbon-dioxide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/3d-imaging-uncovers-mosquitos-specialized-neurons-for-detecting-carbon-dioxide","title":{"rendered":"3D imaging uncovers mosquito\u2019s specialized neurons for detecting carbon dioxide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j8GOL4d4PtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s bound to happen at a summer picnic, a peaceful walk in the woods or simply sitting in your backyard\u2026 a mosquito targets your blood for its next meal. You\u2019ve been bitten. But how do mosquitoes find you?<\/p>\n<p>Among several methods used to locate new hosts for blood-sucking, mosquitoes feature a keen ability to detect <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/carbon+dioxide\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">carbon dioxide<\/a>. As we breathe out, we emit CO<sub>2<\/sub> into the air around us, which mosquitoes can sense. But how?<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have been aware of the mosquito\u2019s ability to detect our carbon dioxide expirations but the intricate underlying physiological structures enabling these capabilities have largely remained unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s bound to happen at a summer picnic, a peaceful walk in the woods or simply sitting in your backyard\u2026 a mosquito targets your blood for its next meal. You\u2019ve been bitten. But how do mosquitoes find you? Among several methods used to locate new hosts for blood-sucking, mosquitoes feature a keen ability to detect [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}