To Get to Cats, Common Parasite Hijacks Rats? Arousal Circuitry
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers say Toxoplasma gondii twists rats? instincts, making them lose their fear of cats ? the parasite?s ideal host ? by stimulating neurons normally engaged in sexual attraction.
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