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How Toxoplasmosis Exploits Immune Cells to Reach the Brain

Neuroscience NewsDecember 9, 2017

Stockholm University researchers have discovered how a common parasite found in cat feces moves through the body and enters the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is able to take control of immune cells and use them to move through the body, eventually reaching the brain.... Read More...

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Link Between Toxoplasma Infection and Common Brain Disease

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 13, 2017

A new study in Scientific Reports reports T.gonfii infection may alter, or even amplify some neurological disorders including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.... Read More...

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How to Stop the Nasty Lurking Toxoplasmosis Parasite? Target Its ‘Stomach’

Neuroscience NewsJune 19, 2017

Study suggests new avenues for treating toxoplasmosis parasite infections.... Read More...

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People With Rage Disorder Twice as Likely to Have Latent Toxoplasmosis Infection

Neuroscience NewsMarch 23, 2016

A new study reports people with intermittent explosive disorder are twice as likely to have been exposed to toxoplasma gondii.... Read More...

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Study Visualizes How Toxoplasma Gondii Crosses the Blood-Brain Barrier

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 16, 2016

Researchers have discovered how the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is able to cross the blood-brain barrier.... Read More...

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Researchers Discover Mechanism That May Help Parasites Manipulate Their Hosts

Neuroscience NewsMarch 18, 2015

Researchers report they have identified a way in which Toxoplasma gondii may modify brain cells.... Read More...

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Common Parasite May Trigger Suicide Attempts

Neuroscience NewsAugust 16, 2012

New research adds to the growing work linking an infection caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite to suicide attempts. About 10-20 percent of people in the United States have T. gondii, in their bodies.... Read More...

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Brain Parasite Directly Alters Brain Chemistry – T gondii Affects Dopamine

Neuroscience NewsNovember 4, 2011

A research group from the University of Leeds has shown that infection by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in 10-20 per cent of the UK's population, ... Read More...

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How Toxoplasmosis Exploits Immune Cells to Reach the Brain

Link Between Toxoplasma Infection and Common Brain Disease

How to Stop the Nasty Lurking Toxoplasmosis Parasite? Target Its ‘Stomach’

People With Rage Disorder Twice as Likely to Have Latent Toxoplasmosis Infection

Study Visualizes How Toxoplasma Gondii Crosses the Blood-Brain Barrier

Researchers Discover Mechanism That May Help Parasites Manipulate Their Hosts

Common Parasite May Trigger Suicide Attempts

Brain Parasite Directly Alters Brain Chemistry – T gondii Affects Dopamine