The Mechanisms of Neuronal Damage in Virus Infections of the Nervous System /

It has been recognized that viruses can induce neuronal damage by a variety of mechanisms. This volume summarizes, for the first time, the various ways that neurons can degenerate under the influence of viral infection, ranging from acute necrosis and virus-induced apoptosis to chronic damage in per...

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Main Author: Gosztonyi, G. (Georg)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
Series:Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 253.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Concept of Neurotropism and Selective Vulnerability ('Pathoclisis') in Virus Infections of the Nervous System
  • The Mechanism of Direct, Virus-Induced Destruction of Neurons
  • Slow and Persistent Virus Infections of Neurons
  • Neuronal Latency in Human and Animal Herpesvirus Infections
  • Programmed Cell Death (Apoptosis) in Virus Infections of the Nervous System
  • Interactions of Viral Proteins with Neurotransmitter Receptors May Protect or Destroy Neurons
  • Mechanisms of Virus-Induced Neuronal Damage and the Clearance of Viruses from the CNS
  • Borna Disease Virus Infection of Adult and Neonatal Rats: Models for Neuropsychiatric Disease
  • The Mechanisms of Neuronal Damage in Retrovirus Infections of the Nervous System
  • Prion- Induced Neuronal Damage
  • The Role of T-Cell Mediated Mechanisms in Virus Infections of the Nervous System
  • Virus-Induced Inflammatory Reaction in the Nervous System
  • Virus-Induced Autoimmune Reactions in the Nervous System.