Efficient Expression of HIV in Immunocompetent Mouse Brain Reveals a Novel Nonneurotoxic Viral Function in Hippocampal Synaptodendritic Injury and Memory Impairment
HIV neuropathogenesis has been attributed in large measure to neurotoxicity of viral proteins and inflammatory factors produced by infected monocytic cells in the brain. We show here that HIV expression in mouse brain causes lasting memory impairment by a mechanism involving injury to hippocampal sy...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019-07-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00591-19 |