Investigating candidate neuromodulatory systems underlying parasitic manipulation: Concepts, limitations and prospects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-141

  Perrot Minnot, Marie Jeanne ^a   Cézilly, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural manipulation; Ethopharmacology; Neuroethology; Phenotypic engineering; Psychoneuroimmunology; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; PARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PARASITES; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 84871223128     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.074146     Document Type: Review

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