An exciting area in behavioural ecology focuses on understanding why animals exhibit
consistent among-individual differences in behaviour (animal personalities). Animal …

For a long time, a latent toxoplasmosis, the lifelong presence of dormant stages of
Toxoplasma in various tissues, including the brain, was considered harmless for …

Background Toxoplasmosis is becoming a global health hazard as it infects 30–50% of the
world human population. Clinically, the life-long presence of the parasite in tissues of a …

Male rats (Rattus novergicus) infected with protozoan Toxoplasma gondii relinquish their
innate aversion to the cat odours. This behavioural change is postulated to increase …

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that resides, in a latent form, in the
human central nervous system. Infection with Toxoplasma drastically alters the behaviour of …

Background Latent chronic infection with Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a common
neurotropic pathogen, has been previously linked with suicidal self-directed violence …

Parasites must overcome host immunity and change hosts for dispersal. Therefore,
seemingly odd behaviors of parasitized animals, like those exhibited by “Zombie ants” or the …

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of infecting any warm-blooded species
and can increase risk-taking in intermediate hosts. Despite extensive laboratory research on …

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite with a complex life cycle and a cosmopolitan
host range. The asexual part of its life cycle can be perpetually sustained in a variety of …

Germline epigenetic factors influence transgenerational inheritance of behavioral traits upon
changes in experience and environment. Immune activation due to infection can also …