HIV and dementia : proceedings of the NIMH-Sponsored Conference "Pathogenesis of HIV infection of the brain : impact on function and behavior"
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HIV and dementia : proceedings of the NIMH-Sponsored Conference "Pathogenesis of HIV infection of the brain : impact on function and behavior"
(Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 202)
Springer-Verlag, c1995
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) AIDS Program is the fourth largest acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) program within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Since 1983, our program's contributions have concentrated on two major areas. The first has been to develop effective strategies to prevent or reduce behaviors that place individuals at risk for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. The second has been to support and foster research to enhance our understanding of the profound impact of H IV-1 infection on the central nervous system (eNS). The brain appears to be a prime target of the virus and may serve as a reservoir for the virus. Post mortem examination of brain tissue has provided evidence of eNS cell damage in 80%-90% of people who die with AIDS. For about 10%-20% of people with AI DS, mild neuropsychological symptoms are the first signs of the disease. Approximately 20% of individuals infected with HIV-1 develop AIDS dementia complex. The symptoms include apathy, difficulty concentrat- ing, irritability, depression, and personality changes. In the later stages of the disease, people may experience psychiatric disor- ders.
Death usually occurs within 6 months of the appearance of those more severe symptoms. Up to 90% of children infected with H IV-1 experience attention and concentration difficulties and often experience neurodevelopmental delay or regression over time.
Table of Contents
List of Contents.- A The Human Problem: HIV, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and Dementia.- The Pathogenesis of HIV Infections of the Brain.- Neurocognitive Disorders in HIV-1 Infection.- AIDS Dementia Complex and HIV-1 Brain Infection: A Pathogenetic Framework for Treatment and Evaluation.- Quantitative Neuropathologic Assessment of HIV-1 Encephalitis.- Penetration of Solutes, Viruses, and Cells Across the Blood-Brain Barrier.- Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes and HIV-1-Related Neurologic Disorders.- Distinct HIV-1 env Sequences Are Associated with Neurotropism and Neurovirulence.- Role for Astrocytosis in HIV-1-Associated Dementia.- Therapeutic Approaches to HIV Infection Based on Virus Structure and the Host Pathogen Interaction.- B Lentivirus Animal Models of HIV Central Nervous System Disease.- Neurobiology of Simian and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infections.- Selected Models of HIV-Induced Neurological Disease.- Feline Immunodeficiency Virus as a Model for Study of Lentivirus Infection of the Central Nervous System.- Transgenic Models to Assess the Neuropathogenic Potential of HIV-1 Proteins and Cytokines.- C Tissue Culture and Animal Models to Generate Basic Concepts in Viral Immune Cell: Central Nervous System Interactions.- Virus Entry and Release in Polarized Epithelial Cells.- Traffic of Hematogenous Cells Through the Central Nervous System.- Principles of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Induction and Recognition.- Virus-Neuron-Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Interactions.
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