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TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse
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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cleared.
Links for this episode:
T. gondii in mice causes loss of aversion to cat urine (PLoS One)
Cyclosporiasis update (CDC)
Letters read on TWiP 60
Listener Pick
Blaine - The Worm Within
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Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv
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Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cleared.
Links for this episode:
T. gondii in mice causes loss of aversion to cat urine (PLoS One)
Cyclosporiasis update (CDC)
Letters read on TWiP 60
Listener Pick
Blaine - The Worm Within
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv
Subscribe (free)
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
Released:
Sep 25, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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