Anomotaenia brevis infection

Anomotaenia brevis infection decreases neuropeptides in T. nylanderi.

“broad downregulation of neuropeptides in the brain, including tachykinin, short neuropeptide-F, allatostatin-A, orcokinin, CAPA, and diuretic hormones”

Model organismsin ant workersbrain

Cestode infection is linked to transcriptional shifts in neuropeptide signalling and caste-specific ageing pathways in a social insect

BMC genomics·15 Jun 2026

Anomotaenia brevis infection extends lifespan in T. nylanderi.

“cestode Anomotaenia brevis extends lifespan and alters behaviour in its intermediate host, the ant Temnothorax nylanderi”

Model organismsin infected ant workers

Cestode infection is linked to transcriptional shifts in neuropeptide signalling and caste-specific ageing pathways in a social insect

BMC genomics·15 Jun 2026