Congenital infection of mice with Toxoplasma gondii induces minimal change in behavior and no change in neurotransmitter concentrations

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 706-712

  Goodwin, David ^a   Hrubec, Terry C ^a,b   Klein, Bradley G ^a   Strobl, Jeannine S ^a,c   Werre, Stephen R ^a   Han, Qian ^a,d   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Virginia Campus ^*  (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

AGING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; CYST; MATERNAL EFFECT; MEMORY; METABOLITE; NEUROLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REARING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; MAZE TEST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84867436939     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3068.1     Document Type: Article

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