Correlation between toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia in Egyptian patients and its impact on dopamine serum levels

Ammar, Asmaa M.; Nabi, Sohayla Abdel; El - ghani, Hamssa M. Abd

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107263

Acta Tropica

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107263

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Correlation between toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia in Egyptian patients and its impact on dopamine serum levels

Asmaa M. Ammar,

Sohayla Abdel Nabi,

Hamssa M. Abd El - ghani

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A Review of Immunological and Neuropsychobehavioral Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Humans

Kazemi Arababadi,

Abdollahi,

Ramezani

et al. 2024

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Toxoplasmosis as a zoonotic disease has a worldwide distribution and can infect a wide range of animal hosts, as well as at least one third of the world's human population. The disease is usually mild or asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals, but dormant tissue cysts survive especially in the brain for the host lifespan, known as latent toxoplasmosis (LT). Recent studies suggest that LT can have certain neurological, immunological psychological and behavioural effects on human including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression, suicide anxiety and sleeping disorders. LT effects are controversial, and their exact mechanisms of action is not yet fully understood. This review aims to provide an overview of the potential effects, their basic mechanisms including alteration of neurotransmitter levels, immune activation in the central nervous system and induction of oxidative stress. Additionally, beneficial effects of LT, and an explanation of the effects within the framework of manipulation hypothesis, and finally, the challenges and limitations of the current research are discussed.

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A Review of Immunological and Neuropsychobehavioral Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Humans

Kazemi Arababadi,

Abdollahi,

Ramezani

et al. 2024

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Correlation between toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia in Egyptian patients and its impact on dopamine serum levels

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A Review of Immunological and Neuropsychobehavioral Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Humans

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