parasite
A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it. Parasites also commonly show highly specialized adaptations allowing them to exploit host resources.
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TOXOPLASMA GONDII, a parasite which infects warm blooded animals.
"Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that infectious agents may contribute to some cases of schizophrenia. In animals, infections with Toxoplasma gondii can alter behavior and neurotransmitter function. In humans, acute infection with T. gondii can produce psychotic symptoms similar to those displayed by persons with schizophrenia. Since 1953, a total of 19 studies of T. gondii antibodies in persons with schizophrenia and other severe psychiatric disorders and in controls have been reported; 18 reported a higher percentage of antibodies in the affected persons; in 11 studies the difference was statistically significant. Two other studies found that exposure to cats in childhood was a risk factor for the development of schizophrenia. Some medications used to treat schizophrenia inhibit the replication of T. gondii in cell culture. Establishing the role of T. gondii in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia might lead to new medications for its prevention and treatment."
(E.F. Torrey, R.H. Yolken)
Stanley medical REsearch Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2142, USA. torreyf@stanleyresearch.org
suicide cricket...a cricket is pushed to suicide from a parasite, that leaves the body once dead.
In psychology and the cognitive sciences, perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information. The word perception comes from the Latin perception, percepio, , meaning "receiving, collecting, action of taking possession, apprehension with the mind or senses.
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FROM "The language of Biology-Dictionary and Research Guide"
TOXOPLASMA GONDII, a parasite which infects warm blooded animals.
"Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that infectious agents may contribute to some cases of schizophrenia. In animals, infections with Toxoplasma gondii can alter behavior and neurotransmitter function. In humans, acute infection with T. gondii can produce psychotic symptoms similar to those displayed by persons with schizophrenia. Since 1953, a total of 19 studies of T. gondii antibodies in persons with schizophrenia and other severe psychiatric disorders and in controls have been reported; 18 reported a higher percentage of antibodies in the affected persons; in 11 studies the difference was statistically significant. Two other studies found that exposure to cats in childhood was a risk factor for the development of schizophrenia. Some medications used to treat schizophrenia inhibit the replication of T. gondii in cell culture. Establishing the role of T. gondii in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia might lead to new medications for its prevention and treatment."
(E.F. Torrey, R.H. Yolken)
Stanley medical REsearch Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2142, USA. torreyf@stanleyresearch.org
suicide cricket...a cricket is pushed to suicide from a parasite, that leaves the body once dead.
perception
In psychology and the cognitive sciences, perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information. The word perception comes from the Latin perception, percepio, , meaning "receiving, collecting, action of taking possession, apprehension with the mind or senses.
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