U.S., May 21 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06980298) titled 'Toxoplasma Gondii Seroprevalence Among Children With Some Neuropsychiatric Disorders' on May 12.
Brief Summary: Toxoplasma gondii is recognized as being involved in the etiology of various psychotic disorders including epilepsy and ADHD (Markovitz et al.,2015).
There are many explanations for such associations between toxoplasmosis and neurological disorders which include many anatomical and neurotransmitter-related changes. Toxoplasmosis may cause alterations in neurotransmitter levels like serotonin, noradrenaline, glutamate, nitric oxide and gamma aminobutyric acid, increase in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines and modulate...