tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post7993963540768627747..comments2024-03-19T02:52:27.788-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Neurological Injuries from Car Surfin' USAThe Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-40295325530478294872009-07-20T16:56:52.218-07:002009-07-20T16:56:52.218-07:00Oh, and this hyperbolic headline from ABC News mig...Oh, and this hyperbolic headline from ABC News might be useful too:<br /><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/Story?id=2288095&page=1" rel="nofollow">Cat Parasite Affects Everything We Feel and Do</a><br /><br />With an opening like that, who wouldn't fund your grant?The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-4200456993920278422009-07-20T16:53:16.561-07:002009-07-20T16:53:16.561-07:00Neuroskeptic - Here's a good start for your gr...Neuroskeptic - Here's a good start for your grant application:<br /><br />Flegr J, Klose J, Novotná M, Berenreitterová M, Havlícek J. <a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/72" rel="nofollow">Increased incidence of traffic accidents in Toxoplasma-infected military drivers and protective effect RhD molecule revealed by a large-scale prospective cohort study</a>. <i>BMC Infect Dis.</i> 2009 May 26;9:72.<br /><br />I don't know if any of the accidents were due to car surfing, however.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-7600183016655537672009-07-20T10:23:52.942-07:002009-07-20T10:23:52.942-07:00On a related brain-parasite-jackass-behaviour note...On a related brain-parasite-jackass-behaviour note, it's long been claimed that Toxoplasma gondii infection makes people more impulsive and it's been linked to car accidents.<br /><br />Maybe it's also linked to car surfing.<br /><br />I think this calls for a study. I'll get writing a grant application...:PNeuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-19968008426869743242009-07-20T10:14:13.580-07:002009-07-20T10:14:13.580-07:00Thanks for your expert opinion. I did consider tha...Thanks for your expert opinion. I did consider that possibility -- he was about the right age given the earlier onset of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontotemporal_dementia" rel="nofollow">FTD</a> relative to AD, along with the notable behavioral changes.<br /><br />I scrolled through the final (very long) newspaper article, and it seems <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysticercosis" rel="nofollow">cysticercosis</a> was not ruled out completely by some. He had occasional seizures too.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-74672898308376385352009-07-20T06:28:32.801-07:002009-07-20T06:28:32.801-07:00Although the newspaper account of Keogh's auto...Although the newspaper account of Keogh's autopsy is rather vague, one brain abnormality that could have been identified in this 55 year-old with a change in personality and behavior is fronto-temporal degeneration.Geoff Aguirrenoreply@blogger.com