Is Toxoplasma Gondii Infection related to brain and behavior impairments in humans? Evidence from a population-representative birth cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Sugden, Karen ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c   Pinto, Lauriane ^a   Poulton, Richie ^d   Williams, Benjamin S ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOXOPLASMOSIS; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BRAIN; COGNITION; IMPULSIVENESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84960462329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148435     Document Type: Article

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