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closeMedia Coverage of This Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 22 Aug 2011 at 15:17 GMT
The following articles represent some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Stanford University News
Title: “Parasite tricks rats into becoming cat food”
http://news.stanford.edu/...
Publication: TIME
Title: “Study: Parasitic Infection Causes Rats to Fall in Love With Cats - TIME Healthland”
http://healthland.time.co...
Publication: Scientific American
Title: “Toxoplasma Infected Rats Love Their Enemies: Scientific American Podcast”
http://www.scientificamer...
Publication: Discover Magazine
Title: “Fatal Attraction: Sex, Death, Parasites, and Cats | The Loom | Discover Magazine”
http://blogs.discovermaga...
Publication: New York Times
Title: “Toxoplasma Parasite Hijacks Rats - Arousal Circuitry, Study Finds - NYTimes.com”
http://www.nytimes.com/20...
Details of the press release for this paper can be found below:
Publication: Press Release
Title: “Parasite-infected rodents attracted to cat odor study finds”
http://www.eurekalert.org...
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 26 Aug 2011 at 11:20 GMT
Further media coverage of this paper can be found below:
Publication: My Fox New York
Title: “Parasite Can Transform Rats' Fear of Cats”
http://www.myfoxny.com/dp...
Publication: New York Times
Title: “Toxoplasma Parasite Hijacks Rats’ Arousal Circuitry, Study Finds - NYTimes.com”
http://www.nytimes.com/20...
Publication: Discovery News
Title: “Parasite Gives Rats A Cat Pee Fetish : Discovery News”
http://news.discovery.com...
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RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 02 Sep 2011 at 15:28 GMT
Additional coverage of this article can be found below:
Publication: USA Today
Title: “Are toxoplasma parasites taking over our brains?”
http://content.usatoday.c...
Publication: The Scientist
Title: “Parasite Spurs Rat Sexual Frenzy | The Scientist”
http://the-scientist.com/...
RE: RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 23 Sep 2011 at 20:05 GMT
Additional media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Smithsonian Blogs
Title: “The Parasite That Makes a Rat Love a Cat | Surprising Science”
http://blogs.smithsonianm...
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 13 May 2013 at 16:02 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Discovery-News
Title: “An Alien's Guide to Conquering the Earth Naturally”
http://news.discovery.com...
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