The study of neuronscience could be dated back to the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, written in the 17th century BC, which contains the earliest recorded reference to the brain. The hieroglyph for brain, occurring eight times in the papyrus, describes the symptoms, diagnosis, and prognosis of two patients, wounded in the head, who had compound fractures of the skull[1]. In the last two centuries...

Capillaria aerophila, a trichuroid nematode causing pulmonary infections in wild and domestic carnivores, is occasionally and potentially poorly recognized in infections of humans due to clinicopathological mimicry and a lack of accurate, robust laboratory diagnostics. The present work evaluated the efficiency of a DNA-based assay amplifying a partial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene ...

Parasitic worms come from two very different phyla—Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Nematoda (roundworms). Although both phyla possess nervous systems with highly developed peptidergic components, there are key differences in the structure and action of native neuropeptides in the two groups. For example, the most abundant neuropeptide known in platyhelminths is the pancreatic polypeptide-like n...

Infection by helminths (worms) may be limited solely to the intestinal lumen or may involve a complex process with migration of the adult or immature worm through the body before localization in a particular tissue. Complicating our understanding of the host– parasite relationship and the role of chemotherapy in helminth-induced infections is the complex life cycle of many of these organisms.Wh...

For decades, Caenorhabditis elegans roundworms have been used to study the sense of touch, and this work has been facilitated by a simple behavioral assay for touch sensation. To perform this classical assay, an experimenter uses an eyebrow hair to gently touch a moving worm and observes whether or not the worm reverses direction. We used two experimental approaches to determine the manner and ...

Background Alzheimer’s disease is a type of tauopathy, which broad category diseases marked by abnormal aggregation and hyperphosphorylation the tau protein. The MSUT-2 protein has gained traction as promising target for treatment tauopathies, given protein’s RNA-binding activity linked to aggregation. Previously in this research endeavor, using techniques like Quantum Machine Learning Virtual ...

In Pakistan, the livestock industry is one of most important subsectors agricultural since it offers a handsome share in gross domestic national growth. However, gastrointestinal parasitic infections are serious health concern for cattle managing organizations and farmers. The effects parasites may vary with age, sex cattle, nutritional practices, severity contagion. For this reason, there need...

This survey investigated the distribution of various intestinal parasites and vector-borne pathogens in stray and free-roaming cats living in four regions of Greece. A total number of one hundred and fifty cats living in three Islands (Crete, Mykonos and Skopelos) and in Athens municipality was established as a realistic aim to be accomplished in the study areas. All cats were examined with dif...

BACKGROUND Neuroinvasive larvae of the worldwide occurring zoonotic roundworms Toxocara canis and T. cati may induce neurotoxocarosis (NT) in humans, provoking a variety of symptoms including cognitive deficits as well as neurological dysfunctions. An association with neuropsychological disorders has been discussed. Similar symptoms have been described in T. canis-infected mice, whereas data on...