Toxoplasma gondii in primary rat CNS cells: Differential contribution of neurons, astrocytes, and microglial cells for the intracerebral development and stage differentiation

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Lüder, Carsten G K ^a   Giraldo Velásquez, Mario ^a   Sendtner, Michael ^a   Gross, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0344931855     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4421     Document Type: Article

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