A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

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Parasitic tapeworm larvae release glutamate and other excitatory molecules that can directly excite brain neurons.

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A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

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