ZOMBIE BRAINS: MICROBIAL MIND CONTROL

Are you in control your behavior or are microbes manipulating your mind? Microorganisms living in our bodies (aka the microbiome) have critical effects on human health and behavior, for better or for worse. Mind-manipulation by microbes is most gruesome in ecosystems where zombie fungi control the moribund behaviors of the unsuspecting insect hosts.

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1. ZOMBIE BRAINS: MICROBIAL MIND CONTROL RAYNA HARRIS TWITTER @raynamharris ARE YOU IN CONTROL OF YOUR BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR?
2. JOSEPH PALMER NARRATING A DAVID ATTENBOROUGH FILM IN THE VOICE OF TOM WAITS RAYNA HARRIS SCIENTIST AND TEACHER @raynamharris
3. image by Andy Taylor MICROBIOME: ALL MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS IN THE BODY image by Jenna Luecke image by Jon Berkeley
4. HOST- PARASITES photo by Alex Wild
5. HOST- PARASITES photo by Alex Wild image from UCLA Microbiome Center GUT MICROBIOME
6. HOST- PARASITES photo by Alex Wild image from UCLA Microbiome Center GUT MICROBIOME art by Laura Zombie SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
7. Local photographer Alex Wild WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
8. DEADLY FUNGUS-INSECT INTERACTIONS ATTACK OF THE KILLER FUNGI PLANET EARTH ATTENBOROUGH BBC WILDLIFE
9. DEADLY FUNGUS-INSECT INTERACTIONS ATTACK OF THE KILLER FUNGI PLANET EARTH ATTENBOROUGH BBC WILDLIFE
10. THE MICROBE CONTROLED DEATH SEQUENCE ATTACK OF THE KILLER FUNGI PLANET EARTH ATTENBOROUGH BBC WILDLIFE
11. THE MICROBE CONTROLED DEATH SEQUENCE ATTACK OF THE KILLER FUNGI PLANET EARTH ATTENBOROUGH BBC WILDLIFE
12. Elya et al 2017 BioRxiv THE MICROBE- CONTROLED DEATH POSE
13. Elya et al 2017 BioRxiv PARASITIC FUNGI TAKING OVER FLY BODY AND BRAIN REAL ZOMBIE FLY RESEARCH!
14. Elya et al 2017 BioRxiv PARASITIC FUNGI TAKING OVER FLY BODY AND BRAIN REAL ZOMBIE FLY RESEARCH! Photo: Julie Simpson Lab
15. Elya et al 2017 BioRxiv PARASITIC FUNGI TAKING OVER FLY BODY AND BRAIN REAL ZOMBIE FLY RESEARCH! Photo: Julie Simpson Lab photo from @mad_scientits
16. GUT MICROBIOMES CHANGE FOR BETTER OR WORSE image from Mayo Clinic
17. MOM’S MILK FEEDS BABY’S MICROBES Ed Yong July 22, 2016 The NewYorker image by Rachel Levit Ruiz
18. Clarke et al 2014 Molecular Endocrinology Koren et al 2012 Cell MICROBIOME TRANSPLANTS CAN ALTER BODY WEIGHT
19. Nature News 2015 GUT-BRAIN INFLUENCE
20. Nature News 2015 GUT-BRAIN INFLUENCE appetite cognition digestion locomotion memory mood social behavior sexual desire sleep
21. MOUTH TO MOUTH HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER art by Laura Zombie
22. IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE MANIPULATING THIS BEHAVIOR? art by ben zhu
23. ATTACK OF THE KILLER FUNGI PLANET EARTH ATTENBOROUGH BBC WILDLIFE WHY KILL THE ZOMBIE HOST RATHER THAN THE PARASITE?
24. ATTACK OF THE KILLER FUNGI PLANET EARTH ATTENBOROUGH BBC WILDLIFE WHY KILL THE ZOMBIE HOST RATHER THAN THE PARASITE?
25. ATTACK OF THE KILLER FUNGI PLANET EARTH ATTENBOROUGH BBC WILDLIFE INFECTED HOSTS FEAR EVICTION AND DEATH
26. WOMEN BREAK THE SILENCE AROUND WORKPLACE CULTURE photo by Billy & Hells for TIME art by For All Womankind
27. HOST- PARASITES photo by Alex Wild image from UCLA Microbiome Center GUT MICROBIOME art by Laura Zombie SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
28. AWESOME RESOURCES
29. THANKS FOR LISTENING RAYNA HARRIS TWITTER @raynamharris