Articles

Toxoplasma Gondii Stimulates The Behavioural Changes of Rodents: Updated Evidence

  • Siti Shafiyyah Che Omar
    Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Mohamad Aris Mohd Moklas
    Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Norhafizah Mohtarrudin
    Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Malina Osman
    Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
pdf (inglês)
Published 2018-09-08 Issue v. 6 n. 9 (2018) Pages 148-153 Section Articles
DOI 10.15520/jmbas.v6i9.152
01

Resumo

In recent years, there have been an increased number of reports in the literatures on animal behavioural changes
linked with intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Evidence for animal behavioural changes with Toxoplasma
gondii infection comes from experimental tests on animal models such as mice and rats. These studies describe
the important mechanisms of behavioural changes which involving neuromodulator and neurotransmitter level.
Furthermore, behavioural changes also have been identified in human as well as animal models that may also play
a role in development of schizophrenia in humans

03

How to Cite

Siti Shafiyyah Che Omar, Mohamad Aris Mohd Moklas, Norhafizah Mohtarrudin, Malina Osman (2018). Toxoplasma Gondii Stimulates The Behavioural Changes of Rodents: Updated Evidence. Journal of Medical Biomedical and Applied Sciences , v. 6 n. 9 (2018) , 148-153 . https://doi.org/10.15520/jmbas.v6i9.152