Toxoplasma gondii infection impairs the colonic motility of rats due to loss of myenteric neurons.
Camila Cristina Alves MachadoPaulo da Silva WatanabeJoana D'Arc de Lima MendesAndréia Carla Eugenio PupimSilvia Miyazaki OrtigozaHeloisa Gonçalves BergocBeatriz de Souza Lima NinoMarcelo Biondaro GoisJoão Luis GarciaL Ashley BlackshawDébora de Mello Gonçales Sant AnaEduardo José de Almeida AraújoPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2020)
Toxoplasma gondii caused myenteric neuronal loss in the proximal and distal colon and altered the motility pattern in the middle and distal colon to a more propulsive phenotype.