Microbial genes, brain & behaviour–epigenetic regulation of the gut–brain axis

RM Stilling, TG Dinan, JF Cryan - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To date, there is rapidly increasing evidence for host–microbe interaction at virtually all
levels of complexity, ranging from direct cell‐to‐cell communication to extensive systemic …

Advances and challenges in understanding cerebral toxoplasmosis

D Schlüter, A Barragan - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread parasitic pathogen that infects over one third of the
global human population. The parasite invades and chronically persists in the central …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroinflammation-associated aspecific manipulation of mouse predator fear by Toxoplasma gondii

M Boillat, PM Hammoudi, SK Dogga, S Pages… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
In rodents, the decrease of felid aversion induced by Toxoplasma gondii, a phenomenon
termed fatal attraction, is interpreted as an adaptive manipulation by the neurotropic …

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 …

Toxoplasma gondii: Entry, association, and physiological influence on the central nervous system

OA Mendez, AA Koshy - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Toxoplasma gondii is one of the world's most successful parasites, in part because of its
ability to infect and persist in most warm-blooded animals. A unique characteristic of T …

Toxoplasma gondii infection and behaviour – location, location, location?

GA McConkey, HL Martin, GC Bristow… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Parasite location has been proposed as an important factor in the behavioural changes
observed in rodents infected with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. During the chronic …

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 …

Toxoplasma gondii dissemination: a parasite's journey through the infected host

KS Harker, N Ueno, MB Lodoen - Parasite immunology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Toxoplasma gondii is a highly successful global pathogen that is remarkable in its ability to
infect nearly any nucleated cell in any warm‐blooded animal. Infection with T. gondii …

Comparing mechanisms of host manipulation across host and parasite taxa

KD Lafferty, JC Shaw - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Parasites affect host behavior in several ways. They can alter activity, microhabitats or both.
For trophically transmitted parasites (the focus of our study), decreased activity might impair …

Influence of the Host and Parasite Strain on the Immune Response During Toxoplasma Infection

D Mukhopadhyay, D Arranz-Solís… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Toxoplasma gondii is an exceptionally successful parasite that infects a very broad host
range, including humans, across the globe. The outcome of infection differs remarkably …