Schistosoma mansoni: Influence of infection on mouse behavior

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-54

  Fiore, Marco ^a   Moroni, Rolando ^b   Alleva, Enrico ^c   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a Institute of Neurobiology   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Black white box; Hot plate; Mouse; Novel object investigation; Open field; Schistosoma mansoni; Trematode

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030176305     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0047     Document Type: Article

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