title: Synaptic Plasticity and Neurological Disorders in Neurotropic Viral Infections.
abstract: Based on the type of cells or tissues they tend to harbor or attack, many of the viruses are characterized. But, in case of neurotropic viruses, it is not possible to classify them based on their tropism because many of them are not primarily neurotropic. While rabies and poliovirus are considered as strictly neurotropic, other neurotropic viruses involve nervous tissue only secondarily. Since the AIDS pandemic, the interest in neurotropic viral infections has become essential for all clinical neurologists. Although these neurotropic viruses are able to be harbored in or infect the nervous system, not all the neurotropic viruses have been reported to cause disrupted synaptic plasticity and impaired cognitive functions. In this review, we have discussed the neurotropic viruses, which play a major role in altered synaptic plasticity and neurological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Venkata Subba Rao
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Atluri
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Thangavel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Samikkannu
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Kesava Rao Venkata
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kurapati
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Madhavan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology*; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000502:physiology*