Toxoplasma gondii influences aversive behaviors of female rats in an estrus cycle dependent manner

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-103

  Golcu, Doruk ^a   Gebre, Rahiwa Z ^a   Sapolsky, Robert M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversion; Behavior; Estrus; Female; Light aversion; Predator aversion; Progesterone; Rat; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAT; DECISION MAKING; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTROUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ODORS; PROGESTERONE; RABBITS; RATS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84902975419     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.05.036     Document Type: Article

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