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Is the brain parasite _Toxoplasma_ manipulating your behavior, or is your immune system to blame?

  • Written by Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University
Is the brain parasite _Toxoplasma_ manipulating your behavior, or is your immune system to blame?The parasite _Toxoplasma gondii_ only reproduces sexually in cats.fotovapl/Shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA

We’re not the same when we get sick. Whether it is sneezing when we get a cold, or ferociously biting people when we get rabies, germs change our behavior.

That’s because germs need to transmit from one host to another. Consequently,...

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