Time-lapse study of fos expression in pre-mammillary nucleus of hypothalamus.

• Main Author: Yolanda Aphrilia Setiagani.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45105
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Chronic infection by Toxoplasmosis gondii had been shown to cause behavioral manipulation of its host. In the case of toxoplasmosis in rats, the rats become attracted to cats, their natural predators which also act as definitive hosts to the parasite. A hypothesis about leakiness of neural circuits,...