Neurobiology of African trypanosomiasis

Neglected Tropical Diseases and Conditions of the Nervous System

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 183-200

  Masocha, Willias ^a   Kristensson, Krister ^b   Rottenberg, Martin E ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bloodbrain barrier; Immune responses; Infl ammation; Nervous system; Pain; Parasites; Sleep; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922623190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8100-3_10     Document Type: Chapter

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