We all know this person. Cover your instagram with photos of human beings feline friends. Not a small number of these images have cat-sized mini-lats with the title "Fufu simply loves her morning coffee." And let's not forget that the original model of crazy cat man can be as frequent. When you look at these pictures, you are probably wondering: Is this cat? Or does the cat do it
It turns out that cats have a naughty reputation and something dark in neuroscience. Research suggests that proximity to other mammals can make them behave strangely. These cats have been attributed to the progenitor that lives in the feces, called toxoplasma (toxo or short). In the classic story, the researchers showed that TOXO can travel to the brain of rats and rats not to avoid areas where cats live. In fact, rats are attracted by the smell of cat urine. Resisted by the smell, these infected rodents with the brain run cheerfully through environments loaded with urine. They walk through the cat's trap, so their young lives come to rodents end under the strong leg.
They walk through the cat's trap, so their young lives come to rodents end under the strong leg.These same protozoa can affect human brains. Patients with immunodeficiency, such as those with AIDS, may become infected by sand and develop serious brain abscesses. We treat these patients with strong antibiotics, and often advise them to give them cats. Pregnant women are also advised not to deal with cat litter, because the fetus does not have to fight the immune system. Infected fetuses may experience impaired seizures, impaired cognition and blindness. But what about your immune friend and Instagram certainly have not been pregnant. Is it under the influence of the guardian of this cat
It turns out that cats have a naughty reputation and something dark in neuroscience. Research suggests that proximity to other mammals can make them behave strangely. These cats have been attributed to the progenitor that lives in the feces, called toxoplasma (toxo or short). In the classic story, the researchers showed that TOXO can travel to the brain of rats and rats not to avoid areas where cats live. In fact, rats are attracted by the smell of cat urine. Resisted by the smell, these infected rodents with the brain run cheerfully through environments loaded with urine. They walk through the cat's trap, so their young lives come to rodents end under the strong leg.
They walk through the cat's trap, so their young lives come to rodents end under the strong leg.These same protozoa can affect human brains. Patients with immunodeficiency, such as those with AIDS, may become infected by sand and develop serious brain abscesses. We treat these patients with strong antibiotics, and often advise them to give them cats. Pregnant women are also advised not to deal with cat litter, because the fetus does not have to fight the immune system. Infected fetuses may experience impaired seizures, impaired cognition and blindness. But what about your immune friend and Instagram certainly have not been pregnant. Is it under the influence of the guardian of this cat
Is it under the influence of the guardian of this cat?Neuroscientists have shown that toxo can have more subtle effects that brain abscesses have blindness. Contains an error which is an enzyme that creates a neurotransmitter dopamine. People receiving dopamine are at greater risk than reckless behavior. Dopamine activity is also involved in schizophrenia. Immune factors suggest that known genetic risks of schizophrenia include many related immune system that can affect the way the body reacts to the toxo gene. In theory, a strange toxo-induced immune response in the brain can cause psychosis. Even more troubling is a summary of thirty-eight studies published in 2012 that found that individuals with schizophrenia were three times more likely than non-schizophrenic patients to have antibodies in their blood to prophylactic toxoplasmosis, which means that their bodies developed the toxoplasma immune response at some point. Measuring antibodies against toxoplasmosis, however, many steps of cat ownership. Clues are interesting, but are they really to blame cats for psychotic behavior?
Clues are interesting, but are they really to blame cats for psychotic behavior?The new research journal Psychiatry suggests that cat friends are fine. Scientists from the University of College in London in 6705 and 4676 young teens have done to see if early exposure to local cats has contributed to the risk of developing psychotic episodes. In a larger and better controlled study to date, researchers have shown that exposure to cats may not increase the risk of psychosis after adjusting for other variables (including race, social class and dog ownership) to control exposure to faeces of animals). According to Mardi, Francesca Solmi, "previous studies that mentioned the links between cat ownership and psychosis simply do not adequately control other possible explanations." Cat ownership does not appear to actually increase the risk of psychosis.
Cat ownership does not appear to actually increase the risk of psychosis.So, it's the cat sipping milk coffee in the Pizarro instagram? Certainly. But it is not the fault of fluffy. He did not ask for anything from this (most cats lactose intolerance), and it was time to clear his plate.Jack Turban is a researcher at Yale College of Medicine. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the American Journal of Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents, Kevin MD and others. Find www.jackturban.com online. Not the owner of the cat.This article was first published in ScientificAmerican.com. © ScientificAmerican.com. all rights are save.Follow the American flag on Twitter SciAm and SciamBlogs. Visit ScientificAmerican.com for the latest news in science, health and technology.