Toxoplasma gondii infection and behaviour - Location, location, location?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-119

  McConkey, Glenn A ^a   Martin, Heather L ^a   Bristow, Greg C ^a   Webster, Joanne P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Dopamine; Manipulation; Neurotransmitter; Parasite

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84871222839     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.074153     Document Type: Review

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