[HTML][HTML] Schizophrenia: The new etiological synthesis

MJ Rantala, S Luoto, JI Borráz-León, I Krams - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Schizophrenia has been an evolutionary paradox: it has high heritability, but it is associated
with decreased reproductive success. The causal genetic variants underlying schizophrenia …

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 …

Toxoplasmosis–a global threat. Correlation of latent toxoplasmosis with specific disease burden in a set of 88 countries

J Flegr, J Prandota, M Sovičková, ZH Israili - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Toxoplasmosis is becoming a global health hazard as it infects 30–50% of the
world human population. Clinically, the life-long presence of the parasite in tissues of a …

The importance of islands for the protection of biological and linguistic diversity

BR Tershy, KW Shen, KM Newton, ND Holmes… - Bioscience, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Islands make up 5.3% of Earth's land area yet maintain an estimated 19% of bird
species, 17% of rodents, 17% of flowering plants, and 27% of human languages. Species …

The neurotropic parasite Toxoplasma gondii increases dopamine metabolism

E Prandovszky, E Gaskell, H Martin, JP Dubey… - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
The highly prevalent parasite Toxoplasma gondii manipulates its host's behavior. In infected
rodents, the behavioral changes increase the likelihood that the parasite will be transmitted …

Parasite manipulation of host behavior: an update and frequently asked questions

R Poulin - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Many taxa of parasites modify the behavior of their hosts in ways that improve their
probability of transmission. Regardless of its evolutionary origins or underlying mechanisms …

[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 …

Behavioral changes induced by Toxoplasma infection of rodents are highly specific to aversion of cat odors

A Vyas, SK Kim, N Giacomini, JC Boothroyd… - Proceedings of the …, 2007‏ - pnas.org
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii blocks the innate aversion of rats for cat urine,
instead producing an attraction to the pheromone; this may increase the likelihood of a cat …

Psychosis and autism as diametrical disorders of the social brain

B Crespi, C Badcock - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2008‏ - cambridge.org
Autistic-spectrum conditions and psychotic-spectrum conditions (mainly schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, and major depression) represent two major suites of disorders of human …

A Unique Dual Activity Amino Acid Hydroxylase in Toxoplasma gondii

EA Gaskell, JE Smith, JW Pinney, DR Westhead… - PloS one, 2009‏ - journals.plos.org
The genome of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii was found to contain two genes
encoding tyrosine hydroxylase; that produces l-DOPA. The encoded enzymes metabolize …