Chronic murine toxoplasmosis is defined by subtle changes in neuronal connectivity

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 459-469

  Parlog, Alexandru ^a   Harsan, Laura Adela ^a   Zagrebelsky, Marta ^c   Weller, Marianna ^c   Von Elverfeldt, Dominik ^b   Mawrin, Christian ^a   Korte, Martin ^c,d   Dunay, Ildiko Rita ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral manipulation; Neuronal connectivity; Parasites

Indexed keywords

POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; DLGH4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GUANYLATE KINASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE NET; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84897953091     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.014183     Document Type: Article

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