Neurological and behavioral abnormalities, ventricular dilatation, altered cellular functions, inflammation, and neuronal injury in brains of mice due to common, persistent, parasitic infection

Table 5 Comparisons of the four different brain regions for infected mice only

	Co	D	H	Ce	p-value*
PV Cuffing	1	2	2	1.5	0.12
	1-1	1–3	1–3	0–2
Inflammation	1.5	1	1	0	0.37
	0–4	0–4	0–4	0–1
Calcifications	0	0	0	2.5	0.02
	0–4	0–2	0-0	0–4
Cysts	2.5	2	1.5	0	< 0.01
	0–4	0–7	0–2	0–1
Inflammation w/cysts	0	0	0	0	0.70
	0–1	0–1	0–1	0-0
Overall**	4.5	6	4.5	4	0.61
	2–12	1–13	3–10	3–6

Numbers in table are the median and range; n = 8; there were statistically significant differences in the four regions for calcifications and cysts; * From Friedman's test; **After summing across the 5 findings.
Abbreviations: Co = Cortex; D = Diencephalon; H = Hippocampus; Ce = Cerebellum

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