Toxoplasma gondii: Entry, association, and physiological influence on the central nervous system

Infection of male rats with Toxoplasma gondii induces effort-aversion in a T-maze decision-making task

(2016) Donna Tan et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Mice Impairs Long-Term Fear Memory Consolidation through Dysfunction of the Cortex and Amygdala

(2016) Fumiaki Ihara et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Experimental Toxoplasmosis in Rats Induced Orally with Eleven Strains of Toxoplasma gondii of Seven Genotypes: Tissue Tropism, Tissue Cyst Size, Neural Lesions, Tissue Cyst Rupture without Reactivation, and Ocular Lesions

(2016) Jitender P. Dubey et al.   PLoS One

GLT-1-Dependent Disruption of CNS Glutamate Homeostasis and Neuronal Function by the Protozoan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

(2016) Clément N. David et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Neurons are the Primary Target Cell for the Brain-Tropic Intracellular Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

(2016) Carla M. Cabral et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Endothelial cells are a replicative niche for entry of Toxoplasma gondii to the central nervous system

(2016) Christoph Konradt et al.   Nature Microbiology

Lytic Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii: 15 Years Later

(2015) Ira J. Blader et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

TORCH Infections

(2015) Natalie Neu et al.   CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY

Toxoplasma gondii Infections Alter GABAergic Synapses and Signaling in the Central Nervous System

(2015) Justin M. Brooks et al.   mBio

The Blood–Brain Barrier

(2015) Richard Daneman et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Mechanisms of Host Behavioral Change in Toxoplasma gondii Rodent Association

(2015) Ajai Vyas   PLoS Pathogens

Chronic murine toxoplasmosis is defined by subtle changes in neuronal connectivity

(2014) A. Parlog et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Reassessment of the Role of Aromatic Amino Acid Hydroxylases and the Effect of Infection by Toxoplasma gondii on Host Dopamine

(2014) Zi T. Wang et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Enhancement of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability and Reduction of Tight Junction Protein Expression Are Modulated by Chemokines/Cytokines Induced by Rabies Virus Infection

(2014) Q. Chai et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Microglia and brain macrophages in the molecular age: from origin to neuropsychiatric disease

(2014) Marco Prinz et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Shear Forces Enhance Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoite Motility on Vascular Endothelium

(2014) K. S. Harker et al.   mBio

Patterns of Toxoplasma gondii cyst distribution in the forebrain associate with individual variation in predator odor avoidance and anxiety-related behavior in male Long–Evans rats

(2013) Andrew K. Evans et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Real-time imaging ofToxoplasma-infected human monocytes under fluidic shear stress reveals rapid translocation of intracellular parasites across endothelial barriers

(2013) Norikiyo Ueno et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Replication and Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii in the Small Intestine after Oral Infection with Tissue Cysts

(2013) Beth Gregg et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Origin and differentiation of microglia

(2013) Florent Ginhoux et al.   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

The remarkable, yet not extraordinary, human brain as a scaled-up primate brain and its associated cost

(2012) S. Herculano-Houzel   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Murine Guanylate Binding Protein 2 (mGBP2) controls Toxoplasma gondii replication

(2012) D. Degrandi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toxoplasma Gondii and Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia: An Animal Model Perspective

(2012) G. Kannan et al.   SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN

Toxoplasma Co-opts Host Cells It Does Not Invade

(2012) Anita A. Koshy et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Brain: Significant Answers and Significant Questions

(2011) Guo-li Ming et al.   NEURON

The Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii Cysts in the Brain of a Mouse with Latent Toxoplasmosis: Implications for the Behavioral Manipulation Hypothesis

(2011) Miroslava Berenreiterová et al.   PLoS One

Intracellular transport of Toxoplasma gondii through the blood–brain barrier

(2010) Sabrina M. Lachenmaier et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Toxoplasma secreting Cre recombinase for analysis of host-parasite interactions

(2010) Anita A Koshy et al.   NATURE METHODS

The Gut Immune Barrier and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Are They So Different?

(2009) Richard Daneman et al.   IMMUNITY

Toxoplasmosis snapshots: Global status of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence and implications for pregnancy and congenital toxoplasmosis

(2009) Georgios Pappas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Equal numbers of neuronal and nonneuronal cells make the human brain an isometrically scaled-up primate brain

(2009) Frederico A.C. Azevedo et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Toxoplasma gondii: host–parasite interaction and behavior manipulation

(2009) Rodrigo Costa da Silva et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

West Nile virus infection modulates human brain microvascular endothelial cells tight junction proteins and cell adhesion molecules: Transmigration across the in vitro blood-brain barrier

(2009) Saguna Verma et al.   VIROLOGY

Neurological and behavioral abnormalities, ventricular dilatation, altered cellular functions, inflammation, and neuronal injury in brains of mice due to common, persistent, parasitic infection

(2008) Gretchen Hermes et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Migration of Apicomplexa Across Biological Barriers: The Toxoplasma and Plasmodium Rides

(2008) Isabelle Tardieux et al.   TRAFFIC