Table 1.
Distribution of Toxoplasma cysts in differents brain areas in chronic infected mice.
| Abbreviation Name | Left | Right | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3V 3rd ventricle | 1 | 1 | |
| AAD anterior amygdaloid area, dorsal part | 3 | 3 | |
| ACo anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleus | 1 | 1 | |
| AHiAL amygdalohippocampal area, anterolateral part | 3 | 3 | |
| AIP agranular insular cortex | 1 | 1 | |
| alv alveus of the hippocampus | 2 | 2 | |
| APTD anterior pretectal nucleus, dorsal part | 1 | 1 | |
| ArcLP arcuate hypothalamic nucleus, lateroposterior part | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Au1 primary auditory cortex | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BLP basolateral amygdaloid nucleus, posterior part | 1 | 1 | |
| BMA basomedial amygdaloid nucleus, anterior part | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| BMP basomedial amygdaloid nucleus, posterior part | 1 | 1 | |
| cc corpus callosum | 3 | 3 | |
| CA1 field CA1 of hippocampus | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| CA3 field CA3 of hippocampus | 5 | 5 | |
| cg cingulum | 1 | 1 | |
| Cg/RS cingulate/retrosplenial cortex | 2 | 2 | |
| Cg2 cingulate cortex, area 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| Cl claustrum | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| CM central medial thalamic nucleus | 1 | 1 | |
| cp cerebral peduncle, basal part | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| CPu caudate putamen | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| DEn dorsal endopiriform nucleus | 1 | 1 | |
| df dorsal fornix | |||
| DG dentate gyrus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| ec external capsule | 1 | 1 | |
| FC fasciola cinereum | 2 | 2 | |
| fi fimbria of the hippocampus | 4 | 4 | |
| fr fasciculus retroflexus | 2 | 2 | |
| Gem gemini hypothalamic nucleus | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Gi gigantocellular reticular nucleus | 1 | 1 | |
| GI granular insular ex | 1 | 1 | |
| hf hippocampal fissure | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| ic internal capsule | 1 | 1 | |
| IPAC interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure | 1 | 1 | |
| LA lateroanterior hypothalamic nucleus | 1 | 1 | |
| Ld lambdoid septal zone | 1 | 1 | |
| IODM inferior olive, dorsomedial cell group | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| LEnt lateral entorhinal cortex | 1 | 1 | |
| LH lateral hypothalamic area | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| LPLR lateral posterior thalamic nucleus, laterorostral part | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| LVe latral vestibular nucleus | 1 | 1 | |
| mcPV med amyg, postvent | 1 | 1 | |
| MCPC magnocellular nucleus of posterior commissure | 2 | 2 | |
| ml medial lemniscus | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| mt mammillothalamic tract | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Or oriens layer of the hippocampus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| PF parafascicular thalamic nucleus | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| PH posterior hypothalamic area | 6 | 6 | |
| Po posterior thalamic nuclear group | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| PoDG polymorph layer of the dentate gyrus | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| PR prerubral field | 1 | 1 | |
| PRh perirhinal cortex | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Rad stratum radiatum of the hippocampus | 1 | 1 | |
| RMg raphe magnus nu | 2 | 2 | |
| RSA retrosplenial agranular cortex | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| RSG retrosplenial granular cortex | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Rt reticular thalamic nucleus | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| S1 primary somatosensory cortex | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| SolIM solitary nu interm | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| S1BF primary somatosensory cortex, barrel field | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| S1Tr primary somatosensory cortex, trunk region | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| S2 secondary somatosensory cortex | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| SLu stratum lucidum, hippocampus | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| SPF subparafascicular thalamic nucleus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| st stria terminalis | 1 | 1 | |
| STh subthalamic nucleus | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Sub submedius thalamic nucleus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| SubG subgeniculate nucleus | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| SubI subincertal nucleus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TeA temporal association cortex | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| V1 primary visual cortex | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| V2L secondary visual cortex, lateral area | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| V2ML secondary visual cortex, mediolateral area | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| V2MM secondary visual cortex, mediomedial area | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| VEn ventral endopiriform nucleus | 1 | 1 | |
| VL ventral thalm nu | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| VLGMC ventral lateral geniculate nucleus, magnocellular part | 1 | 1 | |
| VLGPC ventral lateral geniculate nucleus, parvicellular part | 1 | 1 | |
| VPL ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| VPM ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| VRe ventral reuniens thalamic nucleus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TC tuber cinereum area | 2 | 2 | |
| ZID zona incerta, dorsal part | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Total | 213 | 173 | 386 |