The effect of Toxoplasma gondii on animal behavior: Playing cat and mouse

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 752-756

  Webster, Joanne P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Parasite; Rodents; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BRAIN; CAT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; MICE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34248368078     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbl073     Document Type: Review

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