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Anxiety, depression, and memory loss in Chagas disease: a puzzle far beyond neuroinflammation to be unpicked and solved
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2023 Apr 3;118:e220287. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760220287. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTMental disorders such as anxiety, depression, and memory loss have been described in patients with chronic Chagas disease (CD), a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Social, psychological, and biological stressors may take part in these processes. There is a consensus on the recognition of an acute nervous form of CD. In chronic CD patients, a neurological form is associated with immunosuppression and neurobehavioural changes as sequelae of stroke. The chronic nervous form of CD ...
Source: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - April 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Joseli Lannes-Vieira Glaucia Vilar-Pereira Leda Casta ño Barrios Andrea Alice Silva Source Type: research