Behavioral and Personality Changes Caused by Toxoplasma: Imagination or Reality

Changes in Personality Caused by Neurocysticercosis

This article aims to discuss theoretically changes in personality aspects caused by neurocysticercosis. An unsystematic narrative literature review aiming to present an open issue was used as research technique. Neurocysticercosis is a disease whose infestation usually depends on poor hygienic, health and education conditions. The infested patient has a lower self-esteem in addition to numerous...

Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease: Imagination or Reality-View and Review!

The Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most widespread chronic, insidious neurodegenerative disease causing dementia in elderly and leading to a massive burden on AD individuals, their families, and on social and health care systems. Its diagnosis is subjective, definite AD can only be diagnosed after pathological brain specimens are examined by either biopsy or autopsy, and it covers 50% 70% of a...

Distinguishing Imagination from Reality

Children engage with their imaginative faculties in a variety of ways as they grow and develop. Th ey play simple pretend games starting at about the age of two (Fein, 1981; Nicolich, 1977; Singer & Singer, 1990), which are then elaborated into longer pretend sequences and sometimes into ongoing relationships with imaginary companions (Taylor, 1999) and paracosms (see chapter 27). Children also...

Polytenosynovitis caused by Toxoplasma gondii.

Two cases are reported of polytenosynovitis involving the wrists and ankles and caused by toxoplasmosis, together with the investigations that led to the diagnosis. Medical and surgical treatment of the first patient and medical treatment only of the second patient gave satisfactory results.

Empirical Reality of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in Borderline Personality

BEHAVIORAL AND MEMORY CHANGES IN Mus musculus COINFECTED BY Toxocara canis AND Toxoplasma gondii

Several researchers have stated that parasites can alter the behavior of their hosts, in order to increase the transmission rate, principally when prey-predator relationships are a reliable way of infection transmission. The aim of this study was to verify the occurrence of changes in anxiety and short-term memory patterns in experimentally infected Mus musculus by Toxocara canis and/or Toxopla...