Long-term neuroinflammation induced by influenza a virus infection and the impact on hippocampal neuron morphology and function

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 3060-3080

  Hosseini, Shirin ^a,b   Wilk, Esther ^b   Michaelsen Preusse, Kristin ^a   Gerhauser, Ingo ^c   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^c   Geffers, Robert ^b   Schughart, Klaus ^b,c,d   Korte, Martin ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; Influenza; Microglia; Neuroinflammation; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TRANSCRIPTOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A (H7N7); LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N7); ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N7 SUBTYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 85044346060     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1740-17.2018     Document Type: Article

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