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ArticleBrain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)2010

Chronic cortical and subcortical pathology with associated neurological deficits ensuing experimental herpes encephalitis.

Anibal G Armien, Shuxian Hu, Morgan R Little, Nicholas Robinson, James R Lokensgard, Walter C Low, Maxim C-J Cheeran

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Article in Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anibal G ArmienDepartment of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, MN, USA.
Shuxian Hu
Morgan R Little
Nicholas Robinson
James R Lokensgard
Walter C Low
Maxim C-J Cheeran
National Center for Infectious Diseases · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

T lymphocyte-induced glial activation during CNS immune reconstitution diseaseR01MH066703 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI LOKENSGARD, JAMES R · 2003 to 2023
$6.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH-066703NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH066703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term neurological sequela is common among herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) survivors. Animal models for HSE are used to investigate mechanisms of acute disease, but little has been done to model chronic manifestations of HSE. The current study presents a detailed, systematic analysis of chronic neuropathology, including characterization of topography and sequential progression of degenerative lesions and inflammation. Subsequent to intranasal HSV-1 infection, inflammatory responses that were temporally and spatially distinct persisted in infected cortical and brain stem regions. Neutrophils were present exclusively within the olfactory bulb and brain stem regions during the acute phase of infection, while the chronic inflammation was marked by plasma cells, lymphocytes and activated microglia. The chronic lymphocytic infiltrate, cytokine production, and activated microglia were associated with the loss of cortical neuropile in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus. Animals surviving the acute infection showed a spectrum of chronic lesions from decreased brain volume, neuronal loss, activated astrocytes, and glial scar formation to severe atrophy and cavitations of the cortex. These lesions were also associated with severe spatial memory deficits in surviving animals. Taken together, this model can be utilized to further investigate the mechanisms of neurological defects that follow in the wake of HSE.

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AnimalsAtrophyBrainDisease ProgressionEncephalitis, Herpes SimplexFemaleFlow CytometryImmunohistochemistryInflammationMaze LearningMiceMicrogliaNeutrophilsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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PMID20002440
PMCPMC2895975
OpenAlexW1575774603

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