MICE INFECTED WITH LOW-VIRULENCE STRAINS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII LOSE THEIR INNATE AVERSION TO CAT URINE, EVEN AFTER EXTENSIVE PARASITE CLEARANCE.

Mice infected with low-virulence strains of Toxoplasma gondii lose their innate aversion to cat urine, even after extensive parasite clearance.

Toxoplasma gondii chronic infection in rodent secondary hosts has been reported to lead to a loss of innate, hard-wired fear toward cats, its primary host.However curlimal hedgehog the generality of this response across T.gondii strains and the underlying mechanism for this pathogen-mediated behavioral change remain unknown.To begin exploring these

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Well-being factors measurement in youth in Slovenia: psychometric properties of the measure MDI and two dimensions of the measure EPOCH

Well-being has gained importance in psychological research as well as in the field of education.However, there is a lack of validated questionnaires in Slovenia that would measure well-being in different domains in childhood and youth.In the present paper we focused on psychometric properties of two children and adolescent well-being measures: Midd

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