Toxoplasma gondii: Myenteric neurons of intraperitoneally inoculated rats show quantitative and morphometric alterations

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-10

  Silva, Lilia Simeire ^a   Sartori, Ana Lúcia ^b   Zaniolo, Larissa Marchi ^a   da Silva, Aristeu Vieira ^c   Sant'Ana, Débora de Mello Gonçales ^a   Araújo, Eduardo José de Almeida ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enteric Nervous System; Gut; Infection; Inflammation; Myenteric plexus; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GIEMSA STAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; JEJUNUM; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TROPISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINES; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79960918730     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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