Journal of Experimental Biology, Special Issue: Neural parasitology – how parasites manipulate host behaviour

INSIDE JEB

Kathryn Knight
HOW PERNICIOUS PARASITES TURN VICTIMS INTO ZOMBIES
J Exp Biol 2013 216:i-iv. doi:10.1242/jeb.083162

       
EDITORIAL

Shelley A. Adamo and Joanne P. Webster
Neural parasitology: how parasites manipulate host behaviour
J Exp Biol 2013 216:1-2. doi:10.1242/jeb.082511

       
ALTERATION OF HOST BEHAVIOUR

Shelley Anne Adamo
Parasites: evolution’s neurobiologists
J Exp Biol 2013 216:3-10. doi:10.1242/jeb.073601
       
Janice Moore
An overview of parasite-induced behavioral alterations – and some lessons from bats
J Exp Biol 2013 216:11-17. doi:10.1242/jeb.074088    
       
Robert Poulin
Parasite manipulation of host personality and behavioural syndromes
J Exp Biol 2013 216:18-26. doi:10.1242/jeb.073353
      
Frank Cézilly, Adrien Favrat and Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot
Multidimensionality in parasite-induced phenotypic alterations: ultimate versus proximate aspects
J Exp Biol 2013 216:27-35. doi:10.1242/jeb.074005
      
Fanny Maure, Simon Payette Daoust, Jacques Brodeur, Guillaume Mitta and Frédéric Thomas
Diversity and evolution of bodyguard manipulation
J Exp Biol 2013 216:36-42. doi:10.1242/jeb.073130
       
Fanny Maure, Jacques Brodeur, David Hughes and Frédéric Thomas
How much energy should manipulative parasites leave to their hosts to ensure altered behaviours?
J Exp Biol 2013 216:43-46. doi:10.1242/jeb.073163
      
Frederic Libersat and Ram Gal
What can parasitoid wasps teach us about decision-making in insects?
J Exp Biol 2013 216:47-55. doi:10.1242/jeb.073999
      
Kevin D. Lafferty and Jenny C. Shaw
Comparing mechanisms of host manipulation across host and parasite taxa
J Exp Biol 2013 216:56-66. doi:10.1242/jeb.073668

NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Simone Helluy
Parasite-induced alterations of sensorimotor pathways in gammarids: collateral damage of neuroinflammation?
J Exp Biol 2013 216:67-77. doi:10.1242/jeb.073213
       
Celia V. Holland and Clare M. Hamilton
The significance of cerebral toxocariasis: a model system for exploring the link between brain involvement, behaviour and the immune response
J Exp Biol 2013 216:78-83. doi:10.1242/jeb.074120

Robert H. McCusker and Keith W. Kelley
Immune–neural connections: how the immune system’s response to infectious agents influences behavior
J Exp Biol 2013 216:84-98. doi:10.1242/jeb.073411

TOXOPLASMOSIS

Joanne P. Webster, Maya Kaushik, Greg C. Bristow and Glenn A. McConkey
Toxoplasma gondii infection, from predation to schizophrenia: can animal behaviour help us understand human behaviour?
J Exp Biol 2013 216:99-112. doi:10.1242/jeb.074716
      
Glenn A. McConkey, Heather L. Martin, Greg C. Bristow and Joanne P. Webster
Toxoplasma gondii infection and behaviour – location, location, location?
J Exp Biol 2013 216:113-119. doi:10.1242/jeb.074153
       
Ajai Vyas
Parasite-augmented mate choice and reduction in innate fear in rats infected by Toxoplasma gondii
J Exp Biol 2013 216:120-126. doi:10.1242/jeb.072983
      
Jaroslav Flegr
Influence of latent Toxoplasma infection on human personality, physiology and morphology: pros and cons of the Toxoplasma–human model in studying the manipulation hypothesis
J Exp Biol 2013 216:127-133. doi:10.1242/jeb.073635
       

NEW APPROACHES

Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot and Frank Cézilly
Investigating candidate neuromodulatory systems underlying parasitic manipulation: concepts, limitations and prospects
J Exp Biol 2013 216:134-141. doi:10.1242/jeb.074146
      
David Hughes
Pathways to understanding the extended phenotype of parasites in their hosts
J Exp Biol 2013 216:142-147. doi:10.1242/jeb.077461
       
David G. Biron and Hugh D. Loxdale
Host–parasite molecular cross-talk during the manipulative process of a host by its parasite
J Exp Biol 2013 216:148-160. doi:10.1242/jeb.073825