Sex-dependent neurotransmitter level changes in brains of Toxoplasma gondii infected mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Emotional brain areas; Experimental toxoplasmosis; Noradrenalin; Schizophrenia; Serotonin; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84870562259     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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