Alterations of the myenteric plexus of the ileum and the descending colon caused by Toxoplasma gondii (genotype III)

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 A, 2008, Pages 516-523

  Sugauara, Elaine Yae Yamashita ^a   Sant'Ana, Débora De Mello Gonçales ^a   De Almeida, Elton Carlos ^a   Reis, Anderson Brunetti ^a   Da Silva, Aristeu Vieira ^a   Araújo, Eduardo José De Almeida ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Morphology; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL HEMISUCCINATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; GENE MUTATION; ILEUM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLON, DESCENDING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; ILEUM; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 52949087560     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000400015     Document Type: Article

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