Of mice and men: are billions victim to toxoplasma mind control?

Steverding, Dietmar and Tyler, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0647-8158 (2015) Of mice and men: are billions victim to toxoplasma mind control? Microbiology Today, 52 (1). pp. 10-13.

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Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii resides silently in the brains of billions of us world-wide. For a long time, infection with Toxoplasma gondii was considered harmless but recent evidence suggests that it modulates neurotransmitter levels, changing personality and behaviour to increase its opportunity for onward transmission.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2015 13:02
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 00:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/52035
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