Toxoplasma gondii impairs memory in infected seniors

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-199

  Gajewski, Patrick D ^a   Falkenstein, Michael ^a   Hengstler, Jan G ^a   Golka, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dopamine; Memory; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; MEMORY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGED; AGING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84891833654     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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