Toxoplasma gondii strain-dependent effects on mouse behaviour

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Kannan, Geetha ^a   Moldovan, Krisztina ^a   Xiao, Jian Chun ^a   Yolken, Robert H ^a   Jones Brando, Lorraine ^a   Pletnikov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Strain dependency; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; MUS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77954201931     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2010.019     Document Type: Article

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