Investigating neural responses in models of neurocysticercosis

Epilepsy is more frequent in sub-Saharan Africa than the rest of the world due to high levels of brain infections by larvae of the pig cestode Taenia solium, a condition termed neurocysticercosis. Despite the large nature of the problem, little is known about how neurocysticercosis modulates neurona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tomes, Hayley Sarah
Other Authors: Raimondo, Joseph Valentino
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33046