Parasite-altered behaviour: Is the effect of Toxoplasma gondii on Rattus norvegicus specific?

Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 403-409

  Berdoy, M ^a   Webster, J P ^a   MacDonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dominance hierarchy; exploratory behaviour; mating behaviour; Rattus norvegicus; social status; testosterone; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIMERA; COPULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTOSTERONE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0028829740     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000065902     Document Type: Article

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