Toxoplasmosis, Behavior, and Cognition

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192870414.003.0015" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192870414.003.0015</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192870414.003.0015" target="_blank" >10.1093/oso/9780192870414.003.0015</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Toxoplasmosis, Behavior, and Cognition

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

For nearly 50 years, Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite of cats, has been known to affect its intermediate hosts’ behavior and cognitive functions. In the past 30 years, dozens of studies have shown that nearly all behavioral changes observed initially in infected rodents can also be detected in human hosts. We already know that Toxoplasma-infected and non-infected humans differ in personality profile, behavior in ethological tests and experimental games, reaction times, speed of information processing, intelligence, and memory. Most probably, changes in the concentration of some neurotransmitters, specifically dopamine, hormones, specifically testosterone, and metabolites of tryptophan, play a proximal role in the Toxoplasma-associated changes. Latent, probably lifelong, toxoplasmosis affecting about one-third of the human population worldwide has many adverse effects on physical and mental health of infected people. However, only some of the behavioral changes observed in infected individuals represent side effects of the poor health of infected hosts.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Toxoplasmosis, Behavior, and Cognition

Popis výsledku anglicky

For nearly 50 years, Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite of cats, has been known to affect its intermediate hosts’ behavior and cognitive functions. In the past 30 years, dozens of studies have shown that nearly all behavioral changes observed initially in infected rodents can also be detected in human hosts. We already know that Toxoplasma-infected and non-infected humans differ in personality profile, behavior in ethological tests and experimental games, reaction times, speed of information processing, intelligence, and memory. Most probably, changes in the concentration of some neurotransmitters, specifically dopamine, hormones, specifically testosterone, and metabolites of tryptophan, play a proximal role in the Toxoplasma-associated changes. Latent, probably lifelong, toxoplasmosis affecting about one-third of the human population worldwide has many adverse effects on physical and mental health of infected people. However, only some of the behavioral changes observed in infected individuals represent side effects of the poor health of infected hosts.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-20785S" target="_blank" >GA22-20785S: Efekt infekce toxoplasmou a cytomegalovirem na kognitivní výkon – longitudinální, průřezová a retrospektivní studie</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Infectious Diseases in Neurocognitive and Neuropsychiatric Medicine

ISBN

978-0-19-287041-4

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

208-228

Počet stran knihy

496

Název nakladatele

Oxford University Press

Místo vydání

New York

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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