Influenza Infection Induces Neuroinflammation, Alters Hippocampal Neuron Morphology, and Impairs Cognition in Adult Mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3958-3968

  Jurgens, Heidi A ^a   Amancherla, Kaushik ^a   Johnson, Rodney W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CD200 ANTIGEN; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; EMOTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOKINES; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SILVER STAINING; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 84863389813     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6389-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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