Comment by thesz

I think you will like "Our Neural Chernobyl": https://lib.ru/STERLINGB/chernobyl.txt

(the link is a translation to Russian, I was unable to find the original text in English)

Also consider that toxoplasma changes rat's dopamine serum level to such extent that they stop fearing cats. The same happens with humans, changes in dopamine serum level are so profound that toxoplasma-infected people become more appealing than regular people.