The relationship between numbers of larvae recovered from the brain of Toxocara canis-infected mice and social behaviour and anxiety in the host

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 579-594

  Cox, D M ^a   Holland, C V ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Brain; Outbred mice; Predation; Social behaviour; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; MALE; MICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; MURINAE; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0031809911     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002649     Document Type: Article

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