Predator cat odors activate sexual arousal pathways in brains of toxoplasma gondii infected rats
Cat odors induce rapid, innate and stereotyped defensive behaviors in rats at first exposure, a presumed response to the evolutionary pressures of predation. Bizarrely, rats infected with the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii approach the cat odors they typically avoid. Since the protozoan Toxoplasma...
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Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93918 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7479 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |