Key resources table.

Reagent type (species) or resource	Designation	Source or reference	Identifiers	Additional information
Strain, strain background (Toxoplasma gondii)	Type II (Prugniaud)	Koshy et al., 2012	II-Cre	Expresses mCherry and Cre recombinase
Strain, strain background (Toxoplasma gondii)	Type III (CEP)	Christian et al., 2014	III-Cre	Expresses mCherry and Cre recombinase
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)	Ai6 mouse, ZsGreen1	Jackson Laboratories	Stock # 007906 RRID:IMSR_JAX:007906
Strain, strain background (Mus musculus)	thy1-YFP-H mouse	Jackson Laboratories	Stock # 003782 RRID:IMSR_JAX:003782
Antibody	Anti-ZsGreen, (rabbit polyclonal)	Clontech	Cat# 632474 RRID:AB_2491179	IHC (1:10,000)
Antibody	Anti-rabbit (goat polyclonal biotinylated conjugated)	Vector Labs	Cat# BA-1000 RRID:AB_2313606	IHC (1:500)
Antibody	Anti-NeuN B-clone A60 (mouse biotin conjugated)	Millipore	Cat# MAB377 RRID:AB_177621	IF (1:500)
Antibody	Anti-calbindin, (rabbit polyclonal)	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat# C2724 RRID:AB_258818	IF (1:500)
Antibody	Anti-parvalbumin, (rabbit polyclonal)	Abcam	Cat# ab11427 RRID:AB_298032	IF (1:1000)
Antibody	Anti-FoxP2, (rabbit polyclonal)	Abcam	Cat# ab16046 RID:AB_2107107	IF (1:1000)
Antibody	Anti-DARPP32, (rabbit polyclonal)	Abcam	Cat# ab40801 RRID:AB_731843	IF (1:500)
Antibody	Anti-rabbit IgG Alexa Fluor 568 (goat polyclonal)	Invitrogen	Cat# A11011 RRID:AB_143157	IF (1:500)
Antibody	Cy5 streptavidin	Invitrogen	Cat# SA1011	IF (1:500)
Commercial Assay or kit	Avidin-biotin complex kit	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Cat# 32020
Commercial Assay or Kit	3,3’-Diaminobenzidine (DAB) Vectastain	Vector Labs	SK-4100 RRID:AB_2336382
Other	Neurobiotin	Vector Labs	SP1120 RRID:AB_2336606	0.6%
Other	DAPI stain	Invitrogen	D1306 RRID:AB_2629482	(1 µg/ml)
Software	pCLAMP	Molecular Devices	v10.7 RRID:SCR_011323
Software	Prism	GraphPad	v9.1.0 RRID:SCR_002798
Software	MATLAB	MathWorks	v2015a