Toxoplasma gondii infection lower anxiety as measured in the plus-maze and social interaction tests in rats. A behavioral analysis

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-79

  Gonzalez, Luis E ^a,b   Rojnik, Belen ^a   Urrea, Franklin ^a   Urdaneta, Haydee ^a   Petrosino, Pierina ^a   Colasante, Cesare ^a   Pino, Silvano ^a   Hernandez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Astrocytes; Parasite induced behavioral changes; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 33846020964     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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