An expanded task battery in the Morris water maze reveals effects of Toxoplasma gondii infection on learning and memory in rats

Parasitology International

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-12

  Daniels, Brian P ^a,b   Sestito, Stephanie R ^a   Rouse, Susan T ^a  

^a Southern Wesleyan University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Morris water maze; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION SEEKING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT MODEL; RECALL; REFERENCE MEMORY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAZE TEST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84907163104     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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