Toxoplasma gondii infection induces dendritic retraction in basolateral amygdala accompanied by reduced corticosterone secretion

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 516-520

  Mitra, Rupshi ^a   Sapolsky, Robert Morris ^b,c   Vyas, Ajai ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRUM; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84875130032     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.009928     Document Type: Article

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