Published in Infect Immun on December 29, 2014
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Reproducing increased dopamine with infection to evaluate the role of parasite-encoded tyrosine hydroxylase activity. Infect Immun (2015) 0.85
Long-Term Relationships: the Complicated Interplay between the Host and the Developmental Stages of Toxoplasma gondii during Acute and Chronic Infections. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2015) 0.82
Effect of parasitic infection on dopamine biosynthesis in dopaminergic cells. Neuroscience (2015) 0.79
Drug Repurposing Screening Identifies Novel Compounds That Effectively Inhibit Toxoplasma gondii Growth. mSphere (2016) 0.78
Mechanisms of Host Behavioral Change in Toxoplasma gondii Rodent Association. PLoS Pathog (2015) 0.78
Secreted protein kinases regulate cyst burden during chronic toxoplasmosis. Cell Microbiol (2016) 0.78
Chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection enhances β-amyloid phagocytosis and clearance by recruited monocytes. Acta Neuropathol Commun (2016) 0.78
GLT-1-Dependent Disruption of CNS Glutamate Homeostasis and Neuronal Function by the Protozoan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathog (2016) 0.78
Behavioral Abnormalities in a Mouse Model of Chronic Toxoplasmosis Are Associated with MAG1 Antibody Levels and Cyst Burden. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.77
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Infection of male rats with Toxoplasma gondii results in enhanced delay aversion and neural changes in the nucleus accumbens core. Proc Biol Sci (2015) 0.75
Toxoplasma growth in vitro is dependent on exogenous tyrosine and is independent of AAH2 even in tyrosine-limiting conditions. Exp Parasitol (2017) 0.75
Tracing amino acid exchange during host-pathogen interaction by combined stable-isotope time-resolved Raman spectral imaging. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
The aromatic amino acid hydroxylase genes AAH1 and AAH2 in Toxoplasma gondii contribute to transmission in the cat. PLoS Pathog (2017) 0.75
Schizophrenia and Infections: The Eyes Have It. Schizophr Bull (2017) 0.75
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Drugs used in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder inhibit the replication of Toxoplasma gondii. Schizophr Res (2003) 1.67
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Transcriptomic analysis of toxoplasma development reveals many novel functions and structures specific to sporozoites and oocysts. PLoS One (2012) 1.27
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Sex-dependent neurotransmitter level changes in brains of Toxoplasma gondii infected mice. Exp Parasitol (2012) 1.17
MicroRNA-132 dysregulation in Toxoplasma gondii infection has implications for dopamine signaling pathway. Neuroscience (2014) 1.14
Toxoplasma aldolase is required for metabolism but dispensable for host-cell invasion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 1.08
Mice infected with low-virulence strains of Toxoplasma gondii lose their innate aversion to cat urine, even after extensive parasite clearance. PLoS One (2013) 1.05
Sex-specific changes in gene expression and behavior induced by chronic Toxoplasma infection in mice. Neuroscience (2012) 1.04
Toxoplasma gondii actively inhibits neuronal function in chronically infected mice. PLoS One (2012) 1.04
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. Brain Behav Immun (2013) 0.98
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The role of parasites and pathogens in influencing generalised anxiety and predation-related fear in the mammalian central nervous system. Horm Behav (2012) 0.86
Congenital infection of mice with Toxoplasma gondii induces minimal change in behavior and no change in neurotransmitter concentrations. J Parasitol (2012) 0.85
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What makes a feline fatal in Toxoplasma gondii's fatal feline attraction? Infected rats choose wild cats. Integr Comp Biol (2014) 0.81
Toxoplasma gondii influences aversive behaviors of female rats in an estrus cycle dependent manner. Physiol Behav (2014) 0.80