Neuroinflammation-Associated Aspecific Manipulation of Mouse Predator Fear by Toxoplasma gondii (Cell Reports)

Contradicting the prevailing model of a selective loss of cat fear in Toxoplasma gondii-infected rodents, Boillat et al. show in a multiparametric analysis of host behavior, physiology, and brain transcriptome that the loss of predator fear is not specific to felids and that the severity of behavioral alterations correlates with neuroinflammation.