%0 Journal Article %A DAI Li-sha %A ZHANG Li-xin %A YIN Kun %T Research advances in Toxoplasma gondii induced host mental-behavioural disorders %D 2022 %R 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2022.05.012 %J CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES %P 642-646 %V 40 %N 5 %X

Toxoplasma gondii can cause zoonotic parasitic diseases in humans and animals. Chronic toxoplasmosis induced by toxoplasma cysts could cause nervous system dysfunction, behavioural changes or mental disorders in the hosts, including reducing the natural fear of predators in the rodent host. Multiple psychiatric disorders in human hosts were also significantly associated with T. gondii chronic infection. The possible mechanisms that regulate this process include cerebral cyst infection, central neurotransmitter disorders, and epigenetic regulation of“behavioural manipulation”, but the precise mechanism remains unclear. In this review, we have summarized relevant studies of the host abnormal mental behaviour induced by T. gondii, and summarized the well-established mechanism(s) for this process.

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