Toxoplasma gondii and schizophrenia: linkage through astrocyte-derived kynurenic acid?

Schizophr Bull. 2007 May;33(3):652-3. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbm030. Epub 2007 Apr 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Astrocytes / physiology*
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Kynurenic Acid / metabolism*
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / physiology
  • Receptors, Nicotinic / physiology
  • Schizophrenia / parasitology*
  • Schizophrenia / physiopathology
  • Synaptic Transmission / physiology
  • Toxoplasma / pathogenicity*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / physiopathology*
  • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Substances

  • Chrna7 protein, human
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Receptors, Nicotinic
  • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
  • Kynurenic Acid