http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/09/the-parasite-that-makes-a-rat-love-a-cat/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 23 May 2013 01:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/09/the-parasite-that-makes-a-rat-love-a-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-5492 F. Wyman Morgan Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:40:48 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=7496#comment-5492 The very real mystery of Toxoplasma gondii's effect on rats and people is tackled by fictional characters in a new book entitled, Purr, the novel, by F. Wyman Morgan. See an extensive preview at purrthenovel.com. Purchase from Amazon.com. An assistant professor, with a well-deserved reputation as a womanizer, undertakes a program to study Toxoplasma gondi and "solves" the riddle of how the microbe makes rats suicidal and women amorous. The very real mystery of Toxoplasma gondii’s effect on rats and people is tackled by fictional characters in a new book entitled, Purr, the novel, by F. Wyman Morgan. See an extensive preview at purrthenovel.com. Purchase from Amazon.com. An assistant professor, with a well-deserved reputation as a womanizer, undertakes a program to study Toxoplasma gondi and “solves” the riddle of how the microbe makes rats suicidal and women amorous.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/09/the-parasite-that-makes-a-rat-love-a-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-5447 Sarah Zielinski Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:08:11 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=7496#comment-5447 No established link that I could find, but it appears that it is under consideration (see http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175094670900097X for an example). No established link that I could find, but it appears that it is under consideration (see http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175094670900097X for an example).

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/09/the-parasite-that-makes-a-rat-love-a-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-5446 Bob Hathaway Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:52:48 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=7496#comment-5446 Could not this be a source for autism? Could not this be a source for autism?

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