BiologyMarch 1, 2015
Common Parasite Could Manipulate Our Behavior
Toxoplasma gondii, an insidious and common parasite spread by cats, controls its rodent host’s brain—and may be manipulating our own behavior as well
Stories by Gustavo Arrizabalaga and Bill Sullivan
Gustavo Arrizabalaga and Bill Sullivan are professors of pharmacology and toxicology and of microbiology and immunology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Each runs an independent research laboratory focused on the cellular and molecular biology of Toxoplasma gondii.