Ant brain metabolomics reveals contrasting purine and amine dynamics in a reversible trematode-induced host manipulation
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada
Abstract
The neurochemical mechanisms underlying parasite-induced host manipulations remain poorly understood. Formicid ants infected with lancet fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, attach to vegetation with their mandibles during cool conditions, facilitating ingestion by grazing mammals—the obligate definitive host. Following several hours of attachment, ants detach, return to their nests, then repeat the attach/
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Li, C.-H., Goater, C., & Wasmuth, J. (2026). Ant brain metabolomics reveals contrasting purine and amine dynamics in a reversible trematode-induced host manipulation. Royal Society open science, 13(10), 261298.
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author = {Li, Chen-Hua and Goater, Cameron and Wasmuth, James},
title = {{Ant brain metabolomics reveals contrasting purine and amine dynamics in a reversible trematode-induced host manipulation}},
journal = {Royal Society open science},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
volume = {13},
number = {10},
pages = {261298},
publisher = {The Royal Society},
issn = {2054-5703},
pmcid = {PMC13641915}
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