title: Toxoplasma gondii and schizophrenia: linkage through astrocyte-derived kynurenic acid?
authors: Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21228, USA. rschwarc@mprc.umaryland.edu
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Schwarcz
authors: Christopher A
authors: CA
authors: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007736:Kynurenic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000502:physiology; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000502:physiology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000503:physiopathology*; D064569:alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
chemical_list: C579167:Chrna7 protein, human; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D064569:alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; D007736:Kynurenic Acid