Crazy Cat Lady Syndrome Summary

Parasites can manipulate hosts in many different ways. In the article “Suicide Grasshoppers Brainwashed by Parasite Worms,” James Owen describes the relationship between parasite hairworms and grasshoppers. These parasitic worms find a host, such as a grasshopper, and enter the body. After entering the host, the worms cause the grasshoppers to commit suicide by jumping into the water. This article explains how parasites cause grasshoppers to commit suicide, how the parasites enter and exit the host, and how scientists use this information to create a better understanding in research about parasitical behaviors.

Edgar Allan Poe shows his insanity in the Black Cat through irony. The narrator says in the begining of the story; "My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household events"(1). Later readers discover the fact that the events are in no way mere household events, buts much more gruesome and highlights the narrator's perverseness. Later, the narrator buries his wife in a very loosely constructed wall, yet when the police come by he tells them; "By the bye, gentlemen, this - this is a very well constructed house"(5). As he tells them this he knocks against the wall and the cat cries. This stirs the policemen and we soon realize it was not a well constructed wall as the bricks

Small birds and mammals because they forage for seeds. A tiny amount of the parasite needs to be ingest to begin causing problems and it can be found in raccoon feces.

I read the article, “Secrets of the Brain”, found in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic written by Carl Zimmer. I chose this subject because I have been fascinated with the brain and how it works. The research of the brain has been ongoing for many centuries now. The history in this article is interesting. It explained how scientists used to understand the brain and its inner workings. For example, “in the ancient world physicians believed that the brain was made of phlegm. Aristotle looked on it as a refrigerator, cooling of the fiery heart. From his time through the Renaissance, anatomists declared with great authority that our perceptions, emotions, reasoning, and actions were all the result of “animal spirits”—mysterious, unknowable vapors that swirled through cavities in our head and traveled through our bodies.” (Zimmer, p. 38)

Animal or zoophilic infections are usually periodic and restricted to the areas where the host animal is found. Microsporum canis, the cat and dog ringworm, is the commonest of the zoophilic infections worldwide and spread occurs directly from an infected animal and, probably, from contaminated furniture, floors and carpets in the home environment. I contrast, Anthropophilic dermatophytes are more common in the community. In some cases there is evidence to support the existence of localized epidemics of

Furthermore, the ways people can get infected with the parasite are not surprising. Kathleen McAuliffe’s article " How Your Cat is Making You Crazy,” mentions many ways for people to be exposed to toxo. One can get infected by simply “coming into contact with litter boxes, but also, he found, by drinking water contaminated with cat feces, eating unwashed vegetables, or, especially in Europe, by

The article seemed to imply that the parasite naturally occurs within the feline population. The article does not mention

In addition to causing a problem with the snail population, the New Guinea Flatworm is also bringing a massive problem into the U.S. that deeply affects humans. This problem is a parasite called the rat lungworm, which New Guinea Flatworms carry. These parasites burrow into the brain and can be spread to humans. The symptoms of those infected with rat lungworm are muscle aches and light sensitivity, but most people recover without ever knowing what

brains. The 32 billion base pair axolotl genome was recently sequenced in an effort to discover the cause

The brain: one of few organs a body cannot function without. If the brain is compromised, then the rest of the system goes down with it. Without a brain, simple every day functions often taken for granted, such as breathing, chewing, putting on clothes, become impossible without assistance. In her autobiography Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, Susannah Cahalan uses journalistic techniques as well as her friends and family as resources to present to the world a recently discovered brain disease called Anti-NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate acid)-receptor encephalitis. The memoir serves as a timeline of tests, operations, and treatments that documents the life-altering experience of

Flatworms, which have bilateral symmetry, have a nervous system that is arranged like a ladder that includes two nerve cords and a brain at the head end. The nerve cords, which are a simple peripheral nervous system, have commissural nerve fibers that make the rungs of the ladder. The brain, which is the central nervous system, is not truly a brain, but is more a collection of two ganglia that acts like one. The ganglia integrate signals from the

Dog Crazy Lady is a dog training facility that is located in Owings Mills, Maryland. The service areas they cover include Owings Mills, Reisterstown, Glyndon, Finksburg, Pikesville, Stevenson, Lutherville, Timonium, Cockeysville, Hunt Valley, Roland Park, Riderwood, and beyond. Dog Crazy Lady conducts the phone consultation, puppy 101, behavior consultation, as well as training and behavior coaching. Dog Crazy Lady teaches the dog owners with effective, reward-based methods for these doggies. The principal of this company, Tanzi Leary, CPDT-KA, PMCT has earned the status of being a "Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed" and "Pat Miller Certified Trainer". Dog Crazy Lady is a proud member of The Pet Professional Guild. Dog

Ever since my volunteering experience with Halton Epilepsy and my Seizure first aid training, I have been very interested in the human brain and its wonders. It was through my training then that I became fascinated to find out that the brain is the control center of the human body.

Professor of criminology Cesare Lombroso believed that certain physical features in mentally ill humans act as and resemble animals. Edgar Allan Poe wrote The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether which also compares people with mental health problems to inanimate objects and some animals. In the 1800’s it was widely believed that “insanity” and animal’s instincts were directly related, now that belief has barely changed.

     Transmission of the parasite can occur in several different ways. Direct transmission can occur by handling infected animal or human feces. One quarter of reported direct transmission infections occurred by direct contact with feces, while the rest were reported to have happened by person to person contact (Donnelly & Stentiford, 1997).