Decreased level of psychobiological factor novelty seeking and lower intelligence in men latently infected with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii Dopamine, a missing link between schizophrenia and toxoplasmosis?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-268

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a   Preiss, Marek ^b   Klose, Jiří ^c   Havlíček, Jan ^a   Vitáková, Martina ^a   Kodym, Petr ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dopamine; IQ; Manipulation hypothesis; Parasite; Schizophrenia; TCI; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHARACTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PARASITE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTOZOON; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERAMENT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0037674787     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(03)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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