Immediate rather than delayed memory impairment in older adults with latent toxoplasmosis

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-40

  Mendy, Angelico ^a   Vieira, Edgar R ^b   Albatineh, Ahmed N ^b   Gasana, Janvier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Memory; Older age; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERBAL MEMORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXOPLASMA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924184273     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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