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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2013

Update on HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.

Tariq B Alfahad, Avindra Nath

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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Chemokine CCL2 enhances NMDA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic current in rat hippocampal slices-a potential mechanism for HIV-1-associated neuropathy?Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tariq B AlfahadSection of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. tariq.alfahad@nih.gov
Avindra Nath
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

NINDS Office of the Clinical DirectorZIDNS003101 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI NATH, AVINDRA · 2009 to 2025
$219.6M
Neuropathogenesis of Retroviral InfectionsZIANS003130 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI NATH, AVINDRA · 2011 to 2025
$73.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS003130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurocognitive disorders are a feared complication of HIV infection, especially in the post-antiretroviral era as patients are living longer. These disorders are challenging in terms of diagnosis and treatment. The clinical syndrome has evolved, driven in part by comorbidities such as aging, drug abuse, psychiatric illnesses, and a metabolic syndrome associated with the use of antiretroviral drugs. Additionally some individuals may develop a fulminant immune reconstitution syndrome. Hence, treatment of these patients needs to be individualized. The focus of research in the HIV field has recently switched towards elimination of the HIV reservoir as a means of combating long-term HIV complications. However, these approaches may be suitable for limited populations and might not be applicable once the HIV reservoir has been established in the brain. Further, all clinical trials using neuroprotective or anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders have been unsuccessful. Hence, neurological complications of HIV infection are the biggest challenge facing HIV researchers, and there is a critical need to develop new diagnostics and approaches for treatment of these disorders.

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Nervous System DiseasesCognition DisordersHIV InfectionsHumansRisk FactorsTerminology as Topic

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PMID23954972
PMCPMC3784616
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