Herpes simplex virus type 1 and Alzheimer's disease: increasing evidence for a major role of the virus
AbstractHSV1, when present in brain of carriers of the type 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE), has been implicated as a major factor in AD. It is proposed that virus is normally latent in many elderly brains but reactivates periodically (as in the peripheral nervous system) under certain...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00202/full |