Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder

TA Rowland, S Marwaha - Therapeutic advances in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Bipolar disorder is a multifactorial illness with uncertain aetiology. Knowledge of potential
risk factors enables clinicians to identify patients who are more likely to develop bipolar …

Beyond the association. Toxoplasma gondii in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and addiction: systematic review and meta‐analysis

AL Sutterland, G Fond, A Kuin… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To perform a meta‐analysis on studies reporting prevalence of T oxoplasma
gondii (T. gondii) infection in any psychiatric disorder compared with healthy controls. Our …

Toxoplasma gondii‐induced neuronal alterations

A Parlog, D Schlüter, IR Dunay - Parasite immunology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The zoonotic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii infects over 30% of the human population. The
intracellular parasite can persist lifelong in the CNS within neurons modifying their function …

Influence of latent Toxoplasma infection on human personality, physiology and morphology: pros and cons of the Toxoplasma–human model in studying the …

J Flegr - Journal of experimental Biology, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
The parasitic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii infects about one-third of the population of
developed countries. The life-long presence of dormant stages of this parasite in the brain …

How and why Toxoplasma makes us crazy

J Flegr - Trends in parasitology, 2013 - cell.com
For a long time, a latent toxoplasmosis, the lifelong presence of dormant stages of
Toxoplasma in various tissues, including the brain, was considered harmless for …

Is Toxoplasma Gondii Infection Related to Brain and Behavior Impairments in Humans? Evidence from a Population-Representative Birth Cohort

K Sugden, TE Moffitt, L Pinto, R Poulton, BS Williams… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a protozoan parasite present in around a third
of the human population. Infected individuals are commonly asymptomatic, though recent …

Toxoplasma gondii infection, from predation to schizophrenia: can animal behaviour help us understand human behaviour?

JP Webster, M Kaushik, GC Bristow… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
We examine the role of the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii as a manipulatory parasite and
question what role study of infections in its natural intermediate rodent hosts and other …

Toxoplasmosis: a pathway to neuropsychiatric disorders

S Tyebji, S Seizova, AJ Hannan, CJ Tonkin - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that resides, in a latent form, in the
human central nervous system. Infection with Toxoplasma drastically alters the behaviour of …

“Latent” infection with Toxoplasma gondii: association with trait aggression and impulsivity in healthy adults

TB Cook, LA Brenner, CR Cloninger… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Latent chronic infection with Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a common
neurotropic pathogen, has been previously linked with suicidal self-directed violence …

[HTML][HTML] Latent toxoplasmosis and human

A Dalimi, A Abdoli - Iranian journal of parasitology, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases worldwide. Although
estimated that one third of the world's population are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, but …