Reproducing increased dopamine with infection to evaluate the role of parasite-encoded tyrosine hydroxylase activity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3334-3335

  McConkey, Glenn A ^a   Peers, Chris ^a   Prandovszky, Emese ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

BRADYZOITE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INACTIVATION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PC12 CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84937802074     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00605-15     Document Type: Letter

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