Battle of animal models.
This is a brief summary of the animal models session held during the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Santa Fe, NM, USA. This session provided important information for participants on availability and utility of animal models for the studies of HIV-1 central nervous system infection and drug abuse. It highlighted animal model relevance to human disease/condition, its utility for the studies of pathogenesis, potential importance for the development of therapeutics, and demonstrated limitations/pitfalls.
Persidsky
Yuri
Y
Department of Pharmacology/Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985215 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5215, USA. ypersids@unmc.edu
Fox
Howard
H
D000818:Animals; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal