CRANIAL NERVES XIII AND XIV: NERVES IN THE SHADOWS

Cranial nerves XIII and XIV: nerves in the shadows

Bruno Bordoni,1 Emiliano Zanier21Don Carlo Gnocchi IRCCS, Doormat Department of Cardiology, Milan, 2Xamar Institute, Rosà, Vicenza, ItalyAbstract: It has been known for over a century that these cranial nerves exist, and that they are not typographical errors nor a sensational event reported in the medical literature.A number of scientif

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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 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 questions, we eva

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