06 April 2007

Parasite hijacks brains with surgical precision

"A mere parasite controls the fate of rats and mice by hijacking the part of the brain that makes the rodents naturally fear cats, a new study shows.

A mere parasite controls the fate of rats and mice by hijacking the part of the brain that makes the rodents naturally fear cats, a new study shows."

Click on the link below for the full article:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11516?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=dn11516

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