Behavioral changes in mice caused by Toxoplasma gondii invasion of brain

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Gatkowska, Justyna ^a   Wieczorek, Marek ^a   Dziadek, Bozena ^a   Dzitko, Katarzyna ^a   Dlugonska, Henryka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

FELIDAE; MUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84862776340     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2800-y     Document Type: Article

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