The rat lungworm is considered the greatest cause of eosinophilic meningitis, and is sustained primarily from "ingestion of ...

Doctors in China inadvertently took time-series images of parasitic worms actively invading a woman's brain and causing rare and rapidly progressing lesions. The previously healthy 60-year-old ...

A 30-year-old woman from New England contracted brain worms during a vacation to Hawaii, Thailand, and Japan.Her symptoms began with fatigue and progressed to a burning sensation in her feet ...

A New England woman thought she was just dealing with jet lag after an extended vacation, but medical experts later diagnosed her symptoms as an infection from brain worms.

Woman, 30, infected by brain worms on trip to Hawaii — the symptoms that sent her to the hospital By . Diana Bruk. ... and humans can become infected by consuming them raw or undercooked.

The new study looks at how consuming vitamin B-12 led to a cascade of signals originating in the brain and triggering actions ...

AI and tiny worms team up to get to treats. Skip to main content. Scientific American. September 2, 2024. 2 min read. Scientists Make ‘Cyborg Worms’ with a Brain ... disease in humans by ...

Sometimes, though, in either pigs or humans, the larvae land in other parts of the body — the eyes, or even the rubbery tissues of the brain, forming a tough capsule that can remain silent for ...

Brief, mildly unpleasant stimuli trigger a two-phase brain response in both humans and mice: an initial rapid, widespread signal followed by a slower, persistent activity in emotion-related circuits.