After reading a multitude of articles I found this one to be the most intriguing because the brain is the most important part of the human body and I found any and all information on it to just be simply amazing. According to the article it explains how there is a parasite that has been find in mammals that can affect the dopamine levels. So far the work has only been done and tested on rodents it is believed by Dr. Glenn McConkey that these findings can inevitably help by shedding new light onto treating human neurological disorders that are considered to be dopamine related. An example of which commonly known is schizophrenia. The research is hopeful to figure out how and why these parasites can manipulate the brain. For more information on dopamine click here. Hopefully researchers can discover more about this parasite and figure out how to treat the dopamine related disorders that correlate with it.
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