Sex-specific changes in gene expression and behavior induced by chronic Toxoplasma infection in mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 206, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-48

  Xiao, J ^a   Kannan, G ^a   Jones Brando, L ^a   Brannock, C ^b   Krasnova, I N ^b   Cadet, J L ^b   Pletnikov, M ^a   Yolken, R H ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gene expression; Mice; Sex dependent; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; EYES ABSENT HOMOLOG 1; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 7; PROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 7A; SLIT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY GATING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84857651673     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.12.051     Document Type: Article

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