Behavioral changes induced by Toxoplasma infection of rodents are highly specific to aversion of cat odors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 6442-6447

  Vyas, Ajai ^a   Kim, Seon Kyeong ^b   Giacomini, Nicholas ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^b   Sapolsky, Robert M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral manipulation; Fear; Parasites; Predator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; FEAR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ODORS; PHEROMONES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

FELIDAE; MUS; PROTOZOA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34547536252     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608310104     Document Type: Article

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