Contrasting alterations in brain chemistry in a crustacean intermediate host of two acanthocephalan parasites

Raw data on brain chemistry (total protein, antioxidant capacity and monoamines) in the amphipod Gammarus fossarum, infected with acanthocephalan parasites (Pomphorhynchus terreticollis and Polymorphus minutus):
• Parasite-induced behavioral changes may rely on host adaptive behavioral flexibility
• Brain chemistry mediating flexibility may be altered in acanthocephalan-infected host
• Brain total protein is higher in intermediate host infected by two acanthocephalans
• Antioxidant capacity is decreased by one parasite, dopamine content is increased by the other
• Species- and season-specific neurochemical changes reflect variable host response

关于水生甲壳类生物 Gammarus fossarum 脑化学成分（总蛋白、抗氧化能力和单胺）的原始数据，该生物感染了棘头虫寄生虫（Pomphorhynchus terreticollis 和 Polymorphus minutus）：• 棘头虫引发的宿主行为变化可能依赖于宿主的适应性行为灵活性；• 调节灵活性的脑化学成分在棘头虫感染宿主体内可能发生改变；• 在感染两种棘头虫的中间宿主体内，脑总蛋白含量较高；• 一种寄生虫导致抗氧化能力下降，另一种则使多巴胺含量增加；• 不同物种和季节特有的神经化学变化反映了宿主反应的多样性。