> A decrease in neuronal capacities involved >
"..modifications to neural functioning can occur when the immune system
competes for a resource required by the nervous system
Such trade-offs between the immune and nervous systems raise the
intriguing possibility that many ecological decisions made by animals reflect
a compromise between immune defence and cognitive function."
from: Bumble-bee foragers infected by a gut parasite have impaired ability to
utilize floral information, Gegear, Otterstatter and Thomson, 2006
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