Schizoprhenia: Cat feces Parasite link found !
Here is the report:
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abst...urcetype=HWCIT
Behavioral changes induced by Toxoplasma infection of rodents are
highly specific to aversion of cat odors
( behavioral manipulation | fear | parasites | predator )
Ajai Vyas *, Seon-Kyeong Kim , Nicholas Giacomini *, John C.
Boothroyd , and Robert M. Sapolsky *
Edited by Bruce S. McEwen, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY,
and approved February 14, 2007
The parasite is called "Toxoplasma" infects the brain, with cysts, as
well as toxins.
In rodents, "brain circuits for many behaviors overlap with the brain
circuits responsible for fear," said Ajai Vyas of Stanford University,
who led the new study.
Vyas's team found that Toxoplasma, which forms cysts in the brain,
tends to concentrate in an area of the brain called the amygdala.
Because that region is linked to fear and anxiety, the finding
provides a new clue to how the parasite manipulates behavior.
Sapolsky, Vyas, and their colleagues reported their findings Monday in
the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The report states:
Brainwashing" Parasites
"There are a million examples of parasites manipulating host
behavior," said Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford University neuroscientist
who collaborated with Vyas.
Here is another link:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...cats-rats.html
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This research suggests that parasites are able to attack the normal
behavioral patterns and corrupt them, and in the above case attacking
the area affecting anxiety, fear, with the probable impact resulting
in paranoia.
Remember this research was on one specific parasite.
Also historical historical evidence had always suggested this !
Caesar J. B. Squitti
Schizoprhenia: Cat Feces Parasite link found ! 
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