Neuropsychiatric disease and Toxoplasma gondii infection

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-133

  Henriquez, S A ^a   Brett, R ^a   Alexander, J ^a   Pratt, J ^a   Roberts, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuropsychiatric disease; Toxoplasma gondii infection

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CYTOKINES; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RATS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 60149100591     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000180267     Document Type: Review

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