Acquired infection with Toxoplasma gondii in adult mice results in sensorimotor deficits but normal cognitive behavior despite widespread brain pathology

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 528-537

  Gulinello, Maria ^a   Acquarone, Mariana ^a   Kim, John H ^a   Spray, David C ^a   Barbosa, Helene S ^b   Sellers, Rani ^a   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive tests; Latent infection; Motor coordination; Parasitology; Social behavior; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MOTIVATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77953289787     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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