Behavioral changes in mice caused by Toxoplasma gondii invasion of brain

Toxoplasma gondii , a protozoan parasite, is capable of infecting a broad range of intermediate warm-blooded hosts including humans. The parasite undergoes sexual reproduction resulting in genetic variability only in the intestine of the definitive host (a member of the cat family). The parasite see...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Parasitology research (1987) 2012-07, Vol.111 (1), p.53-58
Hauptverfasser:	Gatkowska, Justyna, Wieczorek, Marek, Dziadek, Bozena, Dzitko, Katarzyna, Dlugonska, Henryka
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	amygdala Amygdala - parasitology Amygdala - pathology Animals Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Brain Disease Models, Animal Felidae Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models genetic variation Health aspects hippocampus Hippocampus - parasitology Hippocampus - pathology Host-parasite relationships humans Immunology intermediate hosts intestines Invertebrates Male Medical Microbiology Mental Disorders Mental Disorders - parasitology Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Microbiology Original Paper parasites parasitology pathogenicity pathology Physiological aspects physiopathology sexual reproduction Toxoplasma Toxoplasma - pathogenicity Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasmosis, Animal Toxoplasmosis, Animal - parasitology Toxoplasmosis, Animal - pathology Toxoplasmosis, Animal - physiopathology
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