Behavioral Abnormalities in a Mouse Model of Chronic Toxoplasmosis Are Associated with MAG1 Antibody Levels and Cyst Burden

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Xiao, Jianchun ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Prandovszky, Emese ^a   Kannan, Geetha ^a   Viscidi, Raphael P ^a   Pletnikov, Mikhail V ^a   Yolken, Robert H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; LOCOMOTOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOVELTY SUPPRESSED FEEDING TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTBRED STRAIN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; PARASITE LOAD; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84964854205     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004674     Document Type: Article

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