Toxoplasma gondii infection reduces predator aversion in rats through epigenetic modulation in the host medial amygdala

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 6114-6122

  Hari Dass, Shantala Arundhati ^a   Vyas, Ajai ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

arginine vasopressin; behavioural manipulation; DNA methylation; extended phenotype; fear; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PROTOZOA; RATTUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ARGIPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAT; DNA METHYLATION; FEAR; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEAR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; ODORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84919842805     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12888     Document Type: Article

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